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Recent Examples of termed
Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Environmental scientists have already termed this project a ‘vanity height’ construction – building far beyond practicality merely for record-breaking purposes.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Per Dumas’ filing, Weatherington had been on the board for 11 years and had already termed out.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
The Fisher Protocol, as it was termed, makes vivid the reality that nuclear war, so often spoken of in the bloodless language of tactics and strategy, is unimaginably horrific.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Task interdependence leads to complex agency problems, leading to what is termed the multi-task principal agent problem.
—Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Sanders finished 14-of-23 for 138 yards and two touchdowns in what could be termed an emergency detour from the Browns’ still-evolving quarterback plans.
—Zac Jackson, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
The incident follows damage to two data cables and the Nord Stream gas pipelines, both of which have been termed sabotage.
—Lorne Cook The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
The tech ecosystem has long identified an overarching feeling of loneliness, responding in multiple virtual solutions broadly termed AI companions.
—Dr. Tal Patalon, Md, Llb, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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However, instead of dedicated keys, leaping is merely a part of THE's internal command line, termed the Humane Quasimode, where other commands can be sent.
—Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Environmental scientists have already termed this project a ‘vanity height’ construction – building far beyond practicality merely for record-breaking purposes.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Per Dumas’ filing, Weatherington had been on the board for 11 years and had already termed out.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
The Fisher Protocol, as it was termed, makes vivid the reality that nuclear war, so often spoken of in the bloodless language of tactics and strategy, is unimaginably horrific.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Task interdependence leads to complex agency problems, leading to what is termed the multi-task principal agent problem.
—Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Sanders finished 14-of-23 for 138 yards and two touchdowns in what could be termed an emergency detour from the Browns’ still-evolving quarterback plans.
—Zac Jackson, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
The incident follows damage to two data cables and the Nord Stream gas pipelines, both of which have been termed sabotage.
—Lorne Cook The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
The tech ecosystem has long identified an overarching feeling of loneliness, responding in multiple virtual solutions broadly termed AI companions.
—Dr. Tal Patalon, Md, Llb, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for termed
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Advertisement Advertisement Now, in The Pitt, his character is mentoring other young doctors—so much so that the estate of ER creator Michael Crichton has called The Pitt an ER-spinoff.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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A week after suffering a gut-punch loss to Nevada in Reno when two winning touchdowns were called back in the final moment and a tying field goal with seconds to play just missed, Sac State shook off early jitters to unleash a balanced offense in improving to 1-2.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Republican two-term president tapped Attorney General Pam Bondi to take temporary command of DC's police department and named Terry Cole, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency, the interim federal commissioner of the police department.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Now that she’s named her successor as Vogue’s top editor, Anna Wintour seems a bit more relaxed.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Cal Fire’s newest proposal for Jackson, dubbed AMEX, targets nearly 500 acres with a patchwork of small clearcuts and is silent on tree sizes to be felled.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The 20-to-30 degrees of galactic latitude, both north and south of the galactic plane, were dubbed the Zone of Avoidance in the late 19th century, because while there were huge numbers of spiral nebulae elsewhere, all across the sky, there were none found in or near the plane of the Milky Way.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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The system, labeled as EP95, continues to show signs of organization and environmental conditions are favorable for further development, hurricane center forecasters said in the advisory.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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At school, ensure your child’s inhaler is clearly labeled.—
Rhonda Conner-Warren,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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By default, social media sites like X, TikTok and Facebook autoplay videos as users scroll, a tactic to immediately grab their attention, unless the platform has designated them as restricted.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Also included are funds for predominantly Black institutions and Native American-serving institutions, which are colleges that educate a large share of Black or Native students, but are not designated by the government as historically Black colleges or universities (HBCUs) or tribal colleges.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Comeback follows Kudrow, now 62, as a sitcom star whose fame has faded away and attempts to document her return to entertainment and acting in a new sitcom titled Room and Bored on a reality television series called The Comeback.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Her debut poetry collection titled Someone Else’s Hunger will be published by Four Way Books on September 15, 2025.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Slow Horses has been nominated for 14 Emmys since 2024, snagging the Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series trophy that year.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Edebiri won Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2023 and was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2024, the same year that The Bear broke records with 23 nominations as a comedy series (NBC’s 30 Rock previously held the title with 22 nominations in 2009).—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Since the state issues debt denominated in dollars, the national debt is not the same as household debt.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Since gold is denominated in dollars, a depreciating currency inversely supports higher gold prices, enabling international buyers to acquire more of the metal.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Termed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/termed. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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