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First book edition

Dictionary Stories, by Jez Burrows, is a collection of stories built using sample sentences for words from the New Oxford American Dictionary.[1][2][3] Originally shared on Tumblr, Dictionary Stories was released as a book by Harper Perennial in 2018.

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  1. ^ Krule, Miriam (26 August 2015). "A Tumblr dedicated to creating short stories out of dictionary example sentences". Slate. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. ^ Warner, Claire (7 September 2015). "The Dictionary Stories Tumblr Spins Tales Out Of Sentences In The Dictionary, And The Results Are Cleverly Poetic". Bustle. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  3. ^ Dorn, Lori (4 September 2015). "'Dictionary Stories', A Collection of Short Stories Created From Defining Example Sentences Used in the Dictionary". Laughing Squid. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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