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Recent Examples of terminology
College football disputes invented that terminology.
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Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Alongside the new sirens, the county is also standardizing emergency terminology to reduce confusion during evacuations.
—Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Private training academies can even use medical terminology and titles in their company names and certificates.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
There's no standard for bagged soil terminology, so always check the label.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2026
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Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Alongside the new sirens, the county is also standardizing emergency terminology to reduce confusion during evacuations.
—Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Private training academies can even use medical terminology and titles in their company names and certificates.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
There's no standard for bagged soil terminology, so always check the label.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminology
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The sounds that weren’t just popularized by Whole Lotta Red, but also, SoFaygo and Ken Carson’s first couple of albums and Destroy Lonely, are just the vocabulary of the underground now.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2026
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Gender Queer supplies this missing vocabulary in clear and accessible language that will resonate with trans readers of any age, while also making these experiences legible to those who haven’t shared them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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The gambit that Shelley somehow comes to possess her fictional creation is sustained, as Ida alternates between a very American dialect and a more high-toned British accent.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Having a few weeks of rehearsal ahead of filming helped McEwen and Kidman to establish the similarities in their performances, as did work with Kidman’s dialect coach.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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If a conversation thread gets confusing, rewrite the key points in plain language.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Mar. 2026
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Trump has also asked that Republicans tack on language restricting transgender surgeries and transgender participation in women’s sports — two policies that Republicans successfully used as a political wedge against Democrats in the last election cycle.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 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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In nations with universal health coverage, understanding health insurance jargon isn’t a matter of financial survival.—
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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The latest addition to the genre, AMC’s The Audacity, captures all the absurdities, egos, and jargon of the tech scene as deftly as its predecessors.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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This further underscored the symbiotic relationship between Humphreys and smooth jazz, an idiom not held in high regard by the person booking the concerts.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 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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“Terminology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminology. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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