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the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
the terminology favored by sportscasters medical terminology that can be hard for the patient to understand
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Recent Examples of terminology
Private training academies can even use medical terminology and titles in their company names and certificates.
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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
While some terms or phrases may linger for centuries, most of today’s slang terminology is more current.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
Not every company uses the same terminology, but these phrases generally describe how tax relief services are delivered and billed.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
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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
While some terms or phrases may linger for centuries, most of today’s slang terminology is more current.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
Not every company uses the same terminology, but these phrases generally describe how tax relief services are delivered and billed.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminology
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So to get to be playing the character who originated a saying that is a huge part of my vocabulary — and that I’ve been so obsessed with for so long — is crazy.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Mar. 2026
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Rosanna Arquette has a major issue with Quentin Tarantino's vocabulary.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
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Most Kurds are Sunni Muslims, but the Kurdish population has diverse religious, cultural, social and political traditions, as well as a variety of dialects of the Kurdish language.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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How could food from India’s 23 states — with multitudinous subregions and over a thousand dialects — ever be distilled into the generic naan, dal, butter chicken, dosa and sambar?—
Kalpana Mohan,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Still, for distributors and exhibitors in the United States, bringing foreign-language films to theaters sometimes seems like an act of philanthropy, while French sales agent grumble about the low sales prices.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
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Foreign language films, documentaries, cross pollination with their music artists, and more producing are all on the table.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
9 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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For all its financial jargon and trading-floor drama, Industry has always been a show about desire — who gets to have it, who gets to satisfy it, and who gets sacrificed in the process.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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Showing up Doe-eyed optimistic jargon around cancer bothers Sarah.—
Gerald Witt,
AJC.com,
1 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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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 10 Mar. 2026.
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