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Recent Examples of terminology
My résumé contained the right skills but missed the terminology that AI screening systems scan for.
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Gergo Vari, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
From the rotation, Tyler Glasnow ($30 million this year), Blake Snell ($26 million) and Roki Sasaki (a bargain at $760,000) are all disabled (to use the old baseball terminology).
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 22 May 2025
That’s not just being persnickety about terminology: lactate and hydrogen ions behave differently than lactic acid would.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025
While the terminology might not be scientific, there’s ample research that lends support to the idea as a whole.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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Gergo Vari, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
From the rotation, Tyler Glasnow ($30 million this year), Blake Snell ($26 million) and Roki Sasaki (a bargain at $760,000) are all disabled (to use the old baseball terminology).
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 22 May 2025
That’s not just being persnickety about terminology: lactate and hydrogen ions behave differently than lactic acid would.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025
While the terminology might not be scientific, there’s ample research that lends support to the idea as a whole.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminology
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Zimbabwe and South Africa share in Rhodes a common ancestor; in Ndebele a language with a close connection to Zulu (the most spoken language in South Africa); and the common visual vocabulary sometimes called Ndebele art.—
Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Of note is the incorporation of vocabulary from Ivan’s archaic Norm language, a special touch that entranced me.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
1 June 2025
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Weyman didn’t have long to prepare for the massive character milestone, but emphasized the importance of dialect to his portrayal of the Grey Wanderer.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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No More Officers often deal with documents in rare dialects, bad translations or messy handwriting.—
Raghu Para,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The government's 2011 population census found that a little more than 10% of Indians fluently speak the language.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
8 June 2025
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Photosynthesis was such a profound development; so were eukaryotes, nervous systems and language.—
Philip Ball,
Wired News,
8 June 2025
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Today's teen slang might seem like complete gibberish, but you may be surprised by how many terms echo phrases from the past.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
3 June 2025
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This translates as: The banlieues influence Paris and Paris influences the world (Paname is French slang for the city).—
Tomás Hill López-Menchero,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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The rebrand became an immediate laughingstock, described by critics as out-of-touch corporate jargon.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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The war that Trump is waging is cultural, based not on complex legal jargon but on feelings.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2025
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Unleashing Wood has ushered in an exciting new phase for a widely influential band that has defined a state-of-the-art jazz idiom deeply engaged with other genres.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
23 May 2025
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Scientists analyzed recordings of three groups of chimpanzees living in the Ivory Coast and found that chimps can combine their hoots, grunts and calls in a similar way to how humans use idioms or change the order of words to build new phrases.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
11 May 2025
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“Terminology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminology. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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