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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
With Scottish writer George Blake’s novel, The Shipbuilders, language and dialect were tamed thanks to Sylvia’s views.
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Nicola Wilson
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Each population — in this case, southern resident orcas — has a distinct dialect for communication, specific foraging strategies and now a unique type of tool use.
—Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
Sun Anke, from Northeast China, found Tianjin dialect particularly difficult.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 June 2025
The father had passed away and his adult children uncovered his war journal, which was written in an obscure Italian dialect.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
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Nicola Wilson
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Each population — in this case, southern resident orcas — has a distinct dialect for communication, specific foraging strategies and now a unique type of tool use.
—Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
Sun Anke, from Northeast China, found Tianjin dialect particularly difficult.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 June 2025
The father had passed away and his adult children uncovered his war journal, which was written in an obscure Italian dialect.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialect
Noun
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Don’t let the cold terminology fool you — pixie dust still abounds, just with a keener sense of connecting every facet of the company.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
16 July 2025
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Avoid industry-specific terminology that may not be familiar to the reader, as well as unnecessary acronyms.—
Andrew Roberts,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Adding classes in Spanish for those who read, write and speak it as their first language is another part of the plan to make schooling at CLC both more affordable and less challenging.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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It was trained on the entire Internet to pull out statistical patterns in the language usage.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
14 July 2025
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There’s almost a template to the Lexington format and a distinctive vocabulary too.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
23 July 2025
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So, in the case of La Tête d’Or, [chef] Daniel [Boulud] had this ambition to create something that was kind of a grand New York steakhouse but with a French influence, which led to a more refined vocabulary, and that led to wanting to elevate the cooking to be on display.—
Sofia Perez,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The use of technology is overdone, the slang is annoying and the characters seem unlikable.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
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Crashing out is a slang term used to negatively describe emotional overload or emotional dysregulation that presents as sudden, angry, frustrated, or distressing emotional outbursts or behaviors.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
20 July 2025
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“Dialect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialect. Accessed 28 Jul. 2025.
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