as in method
the means or procedure for doing something
showed me a different knitting technique
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Recent Examples of technique
The most common way to assess body composition is through a full-body DEXA scan, an imaging technique typically used to diagnose osteoporosis and osteopenia.
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Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 10 Nov. 2025
Specialized teams of red-teaming experts proactively and systematically attacked the system using techniques like prompt injection and jailbreaking to try and force it to violate its own rules.
—Time Staff, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
With a series of singles starting in 1949, King unveiled a new technique for solo guitar, modeled on the vibrato of the human voice.
—USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
While these techniques are oftentimes thought to be implemented at bedtime, sleep interventions can begin during the day and start with exercise.
—Olivia Lee, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
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Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 10 Nov. 2025
Specialized teams of red-teaming experts proactively and systematically attacked the system using techniques like prompt injection and jailbreaking to try and force it to violate its own rules.
—Time Staff, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
With a series of singles starting in 1949, King unveiled a new technique for solo guitar, modeled on the vibrato of the human voice.
—USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
While these techniques are oftentimes thought to be implemented at bedtime, sleep interventions can begin during the day and start with exercise.
—Olivia Lee, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for technique
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Researchers have demonstrated that aqueous zinc-ion batteries can offer long-term cycling stability and higher energy density with a new method.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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From there, make a deposit with a secure payment method, like a credit card.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The research team claimed that this approach enables AeroMap to capture the main effects of drag without the high computing demands of more detailed simulations.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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This uneven approach means leaders can’t take a one-size-fits-all approach.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Their decision has highlighted deep divisions over legislative priorities and political strategy as lawmakers scramble to resolve the shutdown and address its nationwide consequences.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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What happened next, this time, was strange, and not uniformly validating for the Democrats’ strategy.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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Challenger’s report does not typically carry the same weight with economists and investors as federal jobs data, owing to its methodology.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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Its data spans categories, locations and time periods, according to DataWeave's methodology.—
Courtney Reagan,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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On Friday night the Supreme Court granted the request to block full SNAP payments as the case works its way through the courts.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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And the biggest November snowfall ever recorded in the city is 12 inches, all the way back in 1895.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Technique.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technique. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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