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Recent Examples of terminology
That’s looks-maxxing terminology for becoming really, really hot.
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Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Proper terminology aside, the vehicular props proved fitting, as the Giants’ evening quickly went off the rails when their ace, Logan Webb, surrendered five runs in the second inning.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?
—Staff Reports, Florida Times-Union, 24 Mar. 2026
Young sailors will learn water safety, basic terminology and how to tie knots.
—Jessie Dax-Setkus, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
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Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Proper terminology aside, the vehicular props proved fitting, as the Giants’ evening quickly went off the rails when their ace, Logan Webb, surrendered five runs in the second inning.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?
—Staff Reports, Florida Times-Union, 24 Mar. 2026
Young sailors will learn water safety, basic terminology and how to tie knots.
—Jessie Dax-Setkus, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminology
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The nation and the world have long since become accustomed to Trump’s loutish behavior, coarse vocabulary and disrespect for the dignity of his office and America’s reputation.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2026
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Shredding was never in my dad’s vocabulary.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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The British colonial name of New Cut was different from other nearby creeks—Wadmalaw, Bohicket, Leadenwah, Stono—all named in Indigenous dialects.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Today, many of those words fill out the default dialect of an entire generation — regardless of race, region or class — living online.—
Moriah Humiston,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
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Arghavan runs a small language school that teaches French to Iranians who want to live in the Canadian province of Quebec.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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That language isn’t in the new law.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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Mogging is internet slang for dominating someone less attractive.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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But alcohol rations for sailors in general had been eliminated many years before Daniels’s ban, and the wine prohibition would have applied only to a small set of officers, too small a group to generate such popular slang.—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
16 Mar. 2026
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Their callouts vacillated from descriptions riddled with scientific jargon to exclamations of awe and joy.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2026
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This is not the kind of writing that typically appears in October, whose articles are often pocked with jargon.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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An idiom is a phrase that is common to a certain population.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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The centuries-old pot-kettle idiom points out hypocrisy — as when one person accuses another of a flaw that afflicts himself.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Terminology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminology. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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