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And I should add that the top right hand field entry box allows the user to copy in a plain text format which is very advantageous in other apps, to avoid involving time consuming attribute conversions!

Work around for this bug: Drop U.S. American English lower in the list)

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I refer to Apple's default dictionary, which I have used many years in earlier Mac OSX, without "a dot problem".

Oxford stand-alone-app is also excellent but omits the Thesaurus, and it is this "dot bug" which was wrapped into Big Sur + M1chip.

British and US definitions were generally identical, the few times I checked.

And furthermore, the top righthand entry box cannot correct wrong spellings in certain misspellings, which leads to the central issue explained above, which involves only the multi syllable words, (and not single syllable words). Please see second screenshot below:

Double-clicking on any word allows it to be copied. After copying a word we paste it elsewhere, except in this Apple Dictionary, Version 2.3.0 (268), (latest MacMimi- M1, ver11.4), the looked up word is Brocken apart by dots, removing a personal work flow:

Normally clicking once on a dictionary word and holding for a moment, will result with word itself being looked up. Good, because now that same word is automatically pasted in the top, right hand entry field; and it is pre-selected, which allows a quick Copy command. Thereafter the word can be pasted elsewhere, like inside another app and very quickly!

The new problem is the dots, which have no typical use outside the dictionary and inside the this new feature, they interfere with copy paste of the currently entered word.

Does that clarify the issue?

Image Below: Please note the dot between the 'n' and the c, within the word 'unclear'.

This dot is what I referred to. (Screen shot is from Apple Dictionary).