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used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing
writes essays in a very easy-to-read, vernacular style
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Recent Examples of vernacular
Diana Spehar, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Mays brought the quality of Elegba’s duality to life with impeccable, almost intuitive range, dancing from whimsical embodiment to archival vernacular to colloquial ease with incredible intention and timing.
—Essence, 17 Sep. 2025
Tayfun Bilsel, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
For such an insistence on democracy, the pavilion is curiously tepid in its politics, save for a kind of vernacular populism and some PBS-esque nods to the Gee’s Bend quilters.
—Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
In academic vernacular, this refers to the gap between stated and revealed preferences.
—Diana Spehar, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Mays brought the quality of Elegba’s duality to life with impeccable, almost intuitive range, dancing from whimsical embodiment to archival vernacular to colloquial ease with incredible intention and timing.
—Essence, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
Simulate high-stress scenarios with diverse dialects and vernacular; document any empathy drop-off.
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—Tayfun Bilsel, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
For such an insistence on democracy, the pavilion is curiously tepid in its politics, save for a kind of vernacular populism and some PBS-esque nods to the Gee’s Bend quilters.
—Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vernacular
Adjective
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The language is colloquial, down-to-earth.—
Andrew Rojecki,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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The concept of reawakening is a major theme in this year’s fashion show, celebrating the colloquial woman, from morning to night.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Though the idiom of abuse has changed, the critics are as hostile as ever, while their targets react only with curious torpor.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Music unites the interconnecting stories in this saga and expands its passions, with a sumptuous score by composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens that taps into a wide range of American styles, idioms and amalgams, even as the second act turns more dissonant.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There was no third option in this binomial exercise.—
Chantel Jennings,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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She is credited with naming and cataloging hundreds of native plants in the Hudson River Valley using Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus’ then-new binomial system of botanical nomenclature.—
Jessica Damiano,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2024
Noun
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Gestures, colloquialisms, facial expressions, local cuisine, and the like are not incidental to a tongue but constitute it; sometimes, to capture a word or phrase, in writing or in an algorithm, is to stamp out its meaning.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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What started out as an advertising slogan for Apple more than 15 years ago has morphed into somewhat of a modern day colloquialism: There should be an app for that.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The surreal part of the show’s title is a bit of a misnomer.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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The term has always been a bit of a misnomer, however.—
Adam Summers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In liberal parlance, that’s a Do Pass Go and Do Collect Millions card.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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In auto industry parlance, the loans were underwater.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The drug, elinzanetant, is expected to be available in the United States beginning in November under the brand name Lynkuet, Bayer said.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Stun guns are frequently sold under the brand name of Taser, which is owned by Axon.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This national narrative sat in tension with a growing regionalism, seen in the rise of local historians and small museums.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Oct. 2025
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To be clear, hip-hop in general doesn’t have a regionalism problem.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Vernacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vernacular. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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