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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 propeller hat has become a signature look for the pig — a 4-year-old Vietnamese potbelly named Merlin — who has more than 1 million followers on Instagram, a surprisingly hefty vocabulary and a Guinness World Record.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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The subject matter is deathly serious—international war, unfolding in real time, killing thousands—yet the visual vocabulary is preposterously trivializing.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
2 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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The Poison frontman, evoking the regional dialect of his native Pittsburgh, bursts with adrenaline on a typical day.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
2 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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However, following the path of Artemis II may be confusing as the astronauts, mission control and others use confusing jargon and phrases.—
ByMary Kekatos,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The teacher also said Laura frequently used medical jargon that did not always make sense.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
1 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 10 Apr. 2026.
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