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
Grieve wanted to make Proust more idiomatic and sound up-to-date.
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Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idiomatic
Adjective
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Brooks is still wont to assume that social crises are a function of our personal habits, not economic or political injustice, and his methodological tics are the same as ever.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Wacha kept the Braves off the scoreboard while Salvador Perez provided the offense, hitting his first homer of the season and snapping a personal 15-inning scoreless streak.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Ospina gives us access to the actions of these non-human protagonists—inviting us to reflect on their subjective experience and to feel the urgency and promise of their journeys.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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However, the process still remains the critical weak point of modern-day aviation, as predictions rely heavily on subjective and often inaccurate pilot reports.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The All-Access membership offers unlimited access to Peloton's class library and the ability to create up to 20 user profiles on the machine, so everyone in your household can track their workout stats and get personalized workout suggestions.—
Craig Rawlins-Wilson,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Kadas highlights that users can send gift coffee packages embedded with a QR code and a personalized message that links recipients directly to the app.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Mecklenburg County commissioners voted just last week to officially remove the county’s previous rules on private pool rentals to reflect the change in state law.—
Mary Ramsey
March 25,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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The diplomats spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose private negotiations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Idiomatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiomatic. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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