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Do dictionaries that don't exist online reflect current usage?

Many of these dictionaries represent a very large amount of scholarly work by people with impressive credentials. I think Lee Miller put it very well in his comment on the question. … The fact that fewer people are using print dictionaries like Wells (which is available, by the way, via Google books) in no way makes them less good. …
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