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a way of saying something that is particular to the present day; a modern speech form
modernisms like "blog" and "life hack"
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Recent Examples of modernism
One of Barragán’s innovations was to redeploy these Mexican folkloric colors as high modernism.
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Kim Córdova, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
This morning’s must reads (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) A Los Angeles ADU is inspired by West African textiles and a fresh take on modernism.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
MoMA and modernism — in the sense of experimentation and the rejection of tradition — have never been easy bedfellows.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Among this cohort is also Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, whose vision of industrial modernism helped define the look of postwar urban America.
—Nick Remsen, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
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Kim Córdova, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
This morning’s must reads (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) A Los Angeles ADU is inspired by West African textiles and a fresh take on modernism.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
MoMA and modernism — in the sense of experimentation and the rejection of tradition — have never been easy bedfellows.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Among this cohort is also Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, whose vision of industrial modernism helped define the look of postwar urban America.
—Nick Remsen, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modernism
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Narrator Mary Lewis, raised in Newfoundland herself, delivers the book in a manner that seems stilted at first but grows more appealing as Lewis moves further into the story, with its pleasing archaisms and evocation of balked communication.—
Katherine A. Powers,
Washington Post,
21 Jan. 2020
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That phrase, which may strike some young American ears as an archaism if not an oxymoron, is worth unpacking, and Amis provides readers with a pocket account of the historical preconditions of his extravagant fame.—
A.O. SCOTT,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2018
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The jury was instructed to consider a prison term of five to 99 years or life.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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Randy Ross Orlando The rich must pay their fair share The Congressional Republicans, to continue the tax breaks passed in Trump’s first term, want to effect at least $880 billion in cuts, largely to Medicaid, to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2025
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Now, without finding a new emblem to rally behind, Democrats may be doing little more than battling that other neologism: MAGA.—
Kevin M. Schultz,
The Conversation,
8 May 2025
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The term is not recognized in standard dictionaries and appears to be a neologism coined by Trump.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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This could involve helping systems learn colloquialisms and proper usages of terms.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
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You would be forgiven for assuming this a playful colloquialism, perhaps revealing a tenderness to the hunt.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Click on the image and get redirected to a phishing page that prompts for the wallet seed phrase.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Wallen started selling merchandise using the phrase within 48 hours of the post.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2025
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From the July/August 2014 issue: The power of two McCartney and John Lennon were mesmerized by these nonsensical yet lyrical coinages.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2025
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No need for foolishly wasting precious coinage on chicken scratching.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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The claim that euphemisms for death are somehow unique to Vietnamese culture is absurd in the extreme.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco have long received EU funds to ‘manage migration’ (a euphemism for preventing people from leaving their territories, often by force).—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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The use of dance and movement, costuming and even facial expressions during the performance can be as effective, even more so, than words that convey the weight of these gender expectations.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Participants will discover the creative possibilities of technology in narrative creation, including the application of Afrofuturism to enhance representation and expression.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
22 May 2025
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“Modernism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernism. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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