as in languages
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 dialects
The event also featured a video about the three countries and fundraising for Sudan, poetry readings, a Kahoot game about the three dialects and prizes, henna and face painting, Syrian dance, a Sudanese wedding reenactment, a fashion show and ethnic food.
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Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
Each one is overflowing with the familiar sights of families taking a passeggiata, or stroll, the aromatic smells of fresh pasta and pizza napoletana, and the musical sounds of the Italian language and its many regional dialects.
—Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2026
From that point, she was infatuated with Appalachian and southern dialects.
—Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
The school district, where at least 20 languages and dialects are spoken, has higher high school graduation and college attendance rates than the state and national average, and one of Nebraska’s biggest marching bands.
—Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
Radio is one way that’s done, to some extent; let’s also popularize getting local stories told in local languages and dialects.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
Its mingling of high and low characters, settings, and dialects trampled on the rules of classical drama and inaugurated a German dramatic tradition.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
But Simeon Silverio, former publisher of the San Diego Asian Journal, said Bayani reflects only one of many Filipino dialects and would fail to represent the country’s diverse cultural groups, each of which has its own word for hero.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Studies have found regional dialects of birds’ songs and evidence that some birds learn songs from their parents while still in the shell.
—JSTOR Daily, 10 Oct. 2025
Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
Each one is overflowing with the familiar sights of families taking a passeggiata, or stroll, the aromatic smells of fresh pasta and pizza napoletana, and the musical sounds of the Italian language and its many regional dialects.
—Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2026
From that point, she was infatuated with Appalachian and southern dialects.
—Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
The school district, where at least 20 languages and dialects are spoken, has higher high school graduation and college attendance rates than the state and national average, and one of Nebraska’s biggest marching bands.
—Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
Radio is one way that’s done, to some extent; let’s also popularize getting local stories told in local languages and dialects.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
Its mingling of high and low characters, settings, and dialects trampled on the rules of classical drama and inaugurated a German dramatic tradition.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
But Simeon Silverio, former publisher of the San Diego Asian Journal, said Bayani reflects only one of many Filipino dialects and would fail to represent the country’s diverse cultural groups, each of which has its own word for hero.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Studies have found regional dialects of birds’ songs and evidence that some birds learn songs from their parents while still in the shell.
—JSTOR Daily, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialects
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Despite speaking different languages, Toro Sepulveda and Henry became close friends, both said.—
Nuria Martinez-Keel,
Oklahoma Voice,
10 Feb. 2026
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Wikipedia also exists in more than 340 other languages, including Cheyenne, Samoan and Aramaic, comprising almost 10 times the number of articles in English.—
Imogen West-Knights,
The Dial,
10 Feb. 2026
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Teams were asked to learn new interfaces, adopt new vocabularies, and take responsibility for outputs whose behavior remained probabilistic rather than deterministic.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The discovery of language skills in great apes — various gorillas and chimps learned substantial vocabularies in sign language or symbols — and that of tool use across the animal kingdom have, over the years, chipped away at the idea that there is any single ingredient that makes humans unique.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Like fellow North Carolinians Wednesday and MJ Lenderman—local stars descended from the likes of Lucinda Williams and Drive-By Truckers—Dowdy carves complex new visions into the idioms of his upbringing.—
Jenn Pelly,
Time,
4 Dec. 2025
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For decades, the Grisons had printed textbooks in five Romansh idioms—a baroque solution that invited a more rational one.—
Simon Akam,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Dialects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialects. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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