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the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
the promotional team for the new computer used a dialect full of acronyms that the press found difficult to follow
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Recent Examples of dialect
While over 20 dialects are spoken in Liberia, English is the official language of the country.
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2025
Instead, people spoke hundreds of dialects and languages, meaning there was no singular phonetic spelling of the sound of each word.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 5 July 2025
The director has distinguished himself as the first filmmaker to bring the Chaozhou dialect to international film festival screens, using his native dialect and personal history as a lens for examining contemporary Chinese identity.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 July 2025
There was a short, sharp exchange in a Chinese dialect, likely Hokkien.
—Tom Downey, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2025
Instead, people spoke hundreds of dialects and languages, meaning there was no singular phonetic spelling of the sound of each word.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 5 July 2025
The director has distinguished himself as the first filmmaker to bring the Chaozhou dialect to international film festival screens, using his native dialect and personal history as a lens for examining contemporary Chinese identity.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 July 2025
There was a short, sharp exchange in a Chinese dialect, likely Hokkien.
—Tom Downey, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialect
Noun
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International responses are often hampered by terminology.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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While some of the terminology is different, Pinnock achieved his goal of not undergoing a radical system change.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
29 July 2025
Noun
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The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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As fiduciaries, trustees are charged with managing trust assets, making distributions according to the trust’s terms and adhering strictly to the grantor’s intent and the language in the trust agreement.—
Royce Ramey,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The cataclysmic effect of her unexpected arrival suggests that soon her vocabulary will expand to include more such ominous language.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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Your specific tone, vocabulary and messaging frameworks—the elements that make your content distinctly yours—can easily get lost.—
Cheryl Ragland,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Algorithmic social media is driving the creation of new slang at a breakneck pace.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
15 Aug. 2025
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These systems can interpret regional slang, idioms and context-specific expressions, hence minimizing both over-censorship and under-enforcement.—
Anees Ali Khan,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Dialect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialect. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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