"She's a wild promiscuous good-time girl." Who, you ask. Never mind that: the real question is why. Specifically, why does the Oxford Dictionary have such a misogynistic reflex when it comes to sample sentences? These are the quotes that amplify a definition, showing how the word occurs in context. Under field, say, browsing the Macquarie, the entry includes such grabs as "beasts of the field" and "he fielded difficult questions". Sample sentences highlight nuance, yet a few months back the spotlight fell squarely on the publishing house. Michael Oman-Regan, a Canadian anthropologist, had cause to look...
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