The email obtained by NPR instructs employees working on energy efficiency and renewable energy projects to avoid using about a dozen words and phrases, many of which are central to their work.
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Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
The quirky phrases are super fun, and the knit design is adorable.
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Jamie Fischer,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Sep. 2025
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.
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Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
These systems can interpret regional slang, idioms and context-specific expressions, hence minimizing both over-censorship and under-enforcement.
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