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Recent Examples of terminology
Can explain the background of that terminology?
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Kate Aurthur, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026
The scripts are then reviewed by a team of medical consultants, who provide detailed notes on terminology, treatment and choreography.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
Contracts, terminology, databases and market reports.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
In both her case and the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, officials used terminology once reserved for mass‑casualty attacks to describe unarmed civilians attempting to drive away, film an encounter, or help a stranger to her feet.
—Andrew Weinstein, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
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Kate Aurthur, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026
The scripts are then reviewed by a team of medical consultants, who provide detailed notes on terminology, treatment and choreography.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
Contracts, terminology, databases and market reports.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
In both her case and the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, officials used terminology once reserved for mass‑casualty attacks to describe unarmed civilians attempting to drive away, film an encounter, or help a stranger to her feet.
—Andrew Weinstein, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminology
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This poses a problem, Boeldt said, as any attempt to stop children from using certain terms will just invent and breed a new set of vocabulary that in turn will then force a new set of attempts to monitor that language, inevitably becoming a never-ending cycle.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
27 Feb. 2026
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Anyone can continue to learn and refine their vocabulary and grammar.—
Karen Stollznow,
The Conversation,
26 Feb. 2026
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Nearby is Fwala, a Qatari dialect word for a dessert assortment served to guests.—
Rachel Morris,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
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Steven Gebelin, who represented Puig in 2021 and 2022, testified at trial that his then-client tried to be helpful during the interview but, because the interpreter’s Spanish dialect differed from Puig’s, his answers were translated poorly.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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His critics might say such language is a disgrace to the presidency.—
Cal Thomas,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
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Speaking with Spanish language sports publication Diario Deportivo Diez the day after the Honduran club football’s worst defeat in CONCACAF, Bubara lauded LAFC for the 6-1 destruction.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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In 1993, Green started compiling 500 years of English slang by sifting through mountains of primary sources.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
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Blending Milanese slang with French and Arabic, his rhymes should bring a fresh energy to the event.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Feb. 2026
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Over the course of the internet era, platforms such as Instagram and Pinterest have encouraged everyday people to mood-board their life, and creative-director jargon—curate, worlds—has gone mainstream.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
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The name is a bit of a mouthful, and the organization itself deploys a fair amount of jargon to describe its function.—
Dave Boucher,
Freep.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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Those books introduced me to a vision of American teenage life and taught me the rhythms and idioms of American English, nuances that would later replace my Britishisms and shape my career as a journalist.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Next to the particularities of place—the Midwest, the South—or enmeshed with it, are the particularities of language, of idiom, and ways of saying.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Terminology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminology. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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