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Noun
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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 -
Sperm whales communicate using group-specific dialects orders of magnitude older than Sanskrit.—
Ryan Huling,
Time,
7 May 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Tech jargons aside, Guo believes that the reset will help the brand home in on what really matters.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Real Miami-Dade officers, often occupying background roles, interacted in character during those stretches as well, sustaining the casual banter and shared patois of a working unit.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
16 Jan. 2026
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Elliott spits her verses in patois, freeing up space on the track for the drums to get some before Cartel and M.I.A. slide through. 41.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In other scenes, though, Karl becomes cuddly goofball Jake Johnson, and the delight of watching Johnson’s fun himbo patter is undercut by a nagging sense that those scenes are pure indulgence that have nothing to do with this character.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
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The lead up to May 26 The election season patter from both campaigns is to be expected.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
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“Slanguages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slanguages. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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