collocation

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Recent Examples of collocation Behind the scenes Equinix is a REIT and operator of 270 data centers in 75 metro areas around the globe, providing carrier-neutral collocation and interconnection services to networks, cloud providers, enterprises and hyperscalers. Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2025 The risk of these writers’ style, with their short chapters and darting insights, is randomness, and sometimes this book, whatever its thematic claims, seems to consist of what has come under the author’s eye, an arbitrary collocation. Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022 The collocation of them is not unusual. New York Times, 30 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collocation
Noun
  • Michael's version offers intimacy and protection, whereas Swift's version turns the phrase on its head in a story of betrayal.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Be prepared with some French phrases, which go a long way in communicating with locals, many of whom only speak French.
    Essence, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, analytical software has revolutionized linguistic inquiry, enabling greater understanding of the ways language works—when, how, and why words break out; the specific contexts for expressions and idioms.
    Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Nonnas There's a saying that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, and Joe Scaravella (Vince Vaughn) of 2025's Nonnas is the perfect depiction of the idiom.
    Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Confucius says—an old-fashioned locution, perhaps, but appropriate here—never to take interest in feats of strength.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • That archly strangled locution, the ceaseless scorn: the vendor’s voice nags at the former Dean Street boy.
    Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023

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“Collocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collocation. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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