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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
Considered one of the pioneers of midcentury modernism, Austrian-American architect Richard Neutra’s residential projects are found primarily in Southern California and are as sleek as can be.
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Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
In a country with an above-average suspicion of modernism, in a city that had never had a full-scale museum of modern and contemporary art, Tate Modern arrived on a bank of the River Thames at just the right time.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 8 May 2025
In the 1940s, while Brazil’s cultural establishment remained skeptical of modernism, Bittencourt founded the MAM with little funding and against stiff resistance.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 21 Mar. 2025
This latest book explores the innovative literary style of modernism through its works, ideas, and influence.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
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Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
In a country with an above-average suspicion of modernism, in a city that had never had a full-scale museum of modern and contemporary art, Tate Modern arrived on a bank of the River Thames at just the right time.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 8 May 2025
In the 1940s, while Brazil’s cultural establishment remained skeptical of modernism, Bittencourt founded the MAM with little funding and against stiff resistance.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 21 Mar. 2025
This latest book explores the innovative literary style of modernism through its works, ideas, and influence.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modernism
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In his first term, Trump tried to add a question about citizenship to the census with the goal of ultimately excluding undocumented immigrants from the count deciding how many representatives each state gets, but the Supreme Court blocked the move.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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People are starting to realize just how far these humanoid robots have come in terms of coordination and agility.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In spite of its phonetics, apparently the term is not Yiddish, but a neologism declared by a French writer of comedic phantasms to be German and intended to designate an absurd, unfathomable object that can serve all kinds of purposes.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 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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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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This phrase is usually translation for garden bounty that’s made its way into the kitchen.—
Brennan Long,
Southern Living,
16 Aug. 2025
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The Gatorade campaign faced blowback after some interpreted the phrase as an offensive reference to sexist domestic roles, but Komljenovic believes only outsiders would have seen the ad that way.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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This phrase has spun into a corporate euphemism, often one in which the motive is already pre-drawn: conversion.—
Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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And now Netanyahu announces a military takeover of Gaza City… which most informed commentators understand as a euphemism for the colonization of Gaza.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
10 Aug. 2025
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The economic agenda put forth by the Populists covered a wide range of issues, including silver coinage and the nationalization of railroads and telecommunication firms.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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In more recent years, Steve Stivers, a Republican congressman from Ohio who served in the House from 2011 to 2021, led multiple unsuccessful attempts to revise coinage laws.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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His wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen), wears an expression of perpetual disappointment.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
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Open Doors, the Locarno Film Festival’s Locarno Pro-organized co-production platform and talent development program for filmmakers from regions where artistic expression is at risk, has wrapped up its 23rd edition with a focus on the African continent.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025
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For instance, people, a French loanword, may be spelled peple, pepill, poeple, or poepul.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Apr. 2025
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The newest dictionary additions include loanwords from Southeast Asia, South Africa and Ireland.—
Peter Guo,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Modernism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernism. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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