Although she seldom used them, her passive vocabulary allowed her to understand complex academic texts.

Teachers often assess students' working vocabularies to tailor instruction.

Many language learners have extensive passive vocabularies but struggle to use those words actively.

The cataloguing team updated the database to include new controlled vocabularies for multimedia resources.

Linguists are compiling defining vocabularies to standardize technical terms across disciplines.

During the roast, he relied on his extended vocabulary to get laughs, even if some lines were a bit too risqué.