Then I try to use it every day

 From NYT feature "My Ten" from Annabelle Sciorra (whom I've never heard of). Here is the search for other My-Ten articles: https://www.nytimes.com/column/my-ten

Here's a story from NYT learning network about how to use in in class -- lots of great links.

Dictionaries

If I’m reading and I don’t know a word, I look it up and I write it down and then I try to use it every day. It’s a marvel to me when I meet somebody with a lot of words at the ready.

On This Day (11/07):

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• 2022-11-07: The Secret is You're Not Able to Hear
• 2021-11-07: Amygdala... hijacked!
• 2020-11-07: On ""breathing spaces in a society increasingly holding its breath"