as in personal
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
the new teacher's idiomatic approach to dealing with special-needs students is already showing signs of success
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Recent Examples of idiomatic
Those posts often highlight the overconfident way the AI Overview frames its idiomatic explanations and occasional problems with the model confabulating sources that don't exist.
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ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
The lines feel idiomatic—sometimes in translations there’s a kind of starchiness or stiffness to the language, but this feels utterly natural.
—The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
He’s expanded the book by more than 150 pages since its previous edition, from 2009: a tribute to the idiomatic ingenuity of the social-media age, or just the pissiness in the air.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Yet even shows produced in English in other countries, like the UK and Australia, can become a little thick for an American ear trying to sort out the idiomatic quirks and other differences.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 10 June 2024
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ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
The lines feel idiomatic—sometimes in translations there’s a kind of starchiness or stiffness to the language, but this feels utterly natural.
—The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
He’s expanded the book by more than 150 pages since its previous edition, from 2009: a tribute to the idiomatic ingenuity of the social-media age, or just the pissiness in the air.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Yet even shows produced in English in other countries, like the UK and Australia, can become a little thick for an American ear trying to sort out the idiomatic quirks and other differences.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 10 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idiomatic
Adjective
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Rather than rob the story of its teeth, this enabled me to explore the pain, loneliness and personal demons of my characters with sympathy rather than stinging bite.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Her Instagram page shows her artwork and things that inspire her in New York City and around the world but little personal information.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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That last movie was a horror comedy, which can be tough since the latter is subjective, Russell said.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Oct. 2025
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Venus in Scorpio reminds us that trust isn’t zero-sum, but actually very subjective and reliant on skill building.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Art of You is the company’s strategic vision focusing on personalized experiences, leveraging customer data, new technology, and building stronger partnerships with brands.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Ellison and Sarandos spent much of the dinner hour in close conversation, while personalized congratulations notes to Zaslav from Paramount, Disney, Sony and NBCUniversal flashed across screens inside the Beverly Wilshire ballroom.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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By Fortune’s estimates, drawn from industry data, the value of all direct deals, using the broad definition of single investments in private companies, will explode to something like $200 billion this year, multiple the number several years ago.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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Razer went public in 2017, listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange, before going private again in 2022.—
Lucy Handley,
CNBC,
1 Nov. 2025
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“Idiomatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiomatic. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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