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the manner of speech used by a particular group of people
In military parlance, "bug out" means "to retreat." They spoke the parlance of those in the technology industry.
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Recent Examples of parlance
In less diplomatic parlance, perhaps that can be translated more bluntly as: Anything can happen.
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Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
And on the other hand, there’s this highbrow, almost Shakespearean parlance.
—Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2025
In aerospace parlance, such low-flying spacecraft are referred to as Very-low Earth Orbit, or VLEO, satellites.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
Even among digital natives – youthful, tech-savvy users who are well versed in the casual parlance of text messaging – a text plastered with shortcuts still felt undercooked.
—David Fang, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
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Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
And on the other hand, there’s this highbrow, almost Shakespearean parlance.
—Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2025
In aerospace parlance, such low-flying spacecraft are referred to as Very-low Earth Orbit, or VLEO, satellites.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
Even among digital natives – youthful, tech-savvy users who are well versed in the casual parlance of text messaging – a text plastered with shortcuts still felt undercooked.
—David Fang, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parlance
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Parental control settings on iPhones and Android phones are notoriously complicated, with options scattered across different menus and unclear technical terminology.—
Parmy Olson,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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This means developing models that can interpret industry-specific terminology, understand company protocols, and engage in meaningful dialogue with employees across different departments.—
Quora,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Coogler wanted to ensure that neither of those characters would turn into caricatures, and had Jordan work with a dialect coach to aid in that and even asked twin filmmakers Logan and Noah Miller to consult on the film, helping him on the screenplay too.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Currently, African languages and dialects are underrepresented due to a lack of data and there are often biases in training data, such as facial recognition systems that struggle with darker skin tones.—
Nell Lewis,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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This term has made its way into the mainstream vernacular as well, and is often used as an insult.—
Samantha Mann,
Parents,
8 Apr. 2025
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Window frames and doors were painted red in the regional vernacular.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Ultimately, Andrews and his actors find Chekhov by abandoning the paraphernalia of the writer’s universe and groping, in their own idiom, across a perilously empty stage, toward one another.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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Which is fitting for a composer who, even when developing a homegrown idiom of his own, was criticized for sounding too European.—
Joshua Barone,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Image At times, the chatbot could not identify some modern slang terms and words that were transliterated from English to Arabic, two officers said.—
Sheera Frenkel,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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The right tool should grasp regional differences, slang and feelings to place ads effectively.—
Tony Gonzalez,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Apart from any constitutional questions, there is also the problem that confessional language issued by the secretary of state in his official capacity distorts the message of Easter.—
Chloe Breyer,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Subtitles are easy to add to film, but, for the most part, they were used only when actors and audiences spoke different languages.—
David Owen,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Parlance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlance. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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