collocations

noun

plural of collocation
as in phrases

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  1. phrases
  2. idioms
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  • Even if an applicant uses AI to help optimize their application, if a tracking system is flagging resumes for specific keywords or phrases, a misplaced comma may be the reason an applicant is never seriously considered, Dobson said.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Users are warned not to scan unsolicited QR codes, send crypto, or share recovery phrases.
    — Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • There are plenty of idioms to describe Andrean outside hitter Aleece Ehler’s freshman season.
    — Noah Poser, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • On the one hand, the translation serves as a source for the idioms of nineteenth-century English; on the other, as evidence of the ideas that the translator held about a Colombian woman writer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
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