collocation

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Recent Examples of collocation The collocation of them is not unusual. New York Times, 30 July 2021 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collocation
Noun
  • But as with two years ago, the problem is that old phrase: end product.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
  • For President Trump, it's been — to borrow a phrase — one big, beautiful week.
    Tamara Keith, NPR, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Once the cast gained confidence — whether in the idiom, or in improv itself — the next challenge was, ironically, holding back.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
  • This eight-week class, with lessons on English grammar, pronunciation and idioms, is for adult (18 years and older) intermediate and advanced English learners who can have a conversation in English but want to improve their pronunciation and comprehension.
    Jake Richardson, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 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 12 Jul. 2025.

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