collocations

plural of collocation

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Noun
  • But the First Amendment is more than a few eloquent phrases about free speech, and its principles are far from historical relics.
    Nicole Russell, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • Crypto Clipper monitors clipboard contents for patterns that are consistent with standardized 12- or 24-word seed phrases.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Language is often a reflection of the culture that shapes it, impacting tone, idioms, dialects and even silence across regions.
    Ryan Kolln, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.
    Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
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“Collocations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collocations. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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