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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 tactical parlance, your players must generate ‘separation’ from their opponents.
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Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Michaels, who worked with Williams during the latter’s time in NXT, felt that Williams made a great babyface (a good guy in wrestling parlance), but needed to spend more time as a heel (bad guy).
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
In industry parlance, proponents of public power call for an electric distribution utility, which would own the local distribution grid and minimize the high costs — those delivery charges — of using higher voltage transmission lines.
—Craig D. Rose, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
But in modern English parlance, mantra has come to mean a person or group’s representative phrase, similar to a slogan or a watchword.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Michaels, who worked with Williams during the latter’s time in NXT, felt that Williams made a great babyface (a good guy in wrestling parlance), but needed to spend more time as a heel (bad guy).
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
In industry parlance, proponents of public power call for an electric distribution utility, which would own the local distribution grid and minimize the high costs — those delivery charges — of using higher voltage transmission lines.
—Craig D. Rose, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
But in modern English parlance, mantra has come to mean a person or group’s representative phrase, similar to a slogan or a watchword.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parlance
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Tiny stuff, that no one except insiders would notice—shuttle cockpit switch positions, authentic uniform patches, terminology.—
Eric Berger & Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
31 May 2026
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Aaron doesn't have to spend a lot of time in OTA’s understanding the terminology, figuring out the reads.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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Fiercely independent, Mallorcans even speak Mallorqui, a dialect of the Catalan language.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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Language is often a reflection of the culture that shapes it, impacting tone, idioms, dialects and even silence across regions.—
Ryan Kolln,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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While some major clients’ taste left a mark on the jeweler’s creative vernacular, what Americans came for was to be on-trend.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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Industry vernacular distinguishes the conventional mortgage as qualified mortgage, or QM.—
Jeff Lazerson,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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Language is often a reflection of the culture that shapes it, impacting tone, idioms, dialects and even silence across regions.—
Ryan Kolln,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.—
Steve Baltin,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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How did the name Go-Go being used as slang for parties come about?—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
11 May 2026
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The home was dubbed Snowman in honor of Bryan’s late brother, Chris, who earned the nickname from the golf slang for a score of eight on an individual hole.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
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While Liden’s displacement and depersonalization of private property in Unheimlich Manöver could be perceived as the inversion of Darboven’s cocooning, the artists share a preoccupation with the silent speech of objects and with language as a spatial entity.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and included in the New York Times list of Notable Children’s Books.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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“Parlance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlance. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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