Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vernacularisms
Noun
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These neologisms weren’t just clever.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025 -
Podcasts, newsletters, and Words of the Year have popularized neologisms, etymologies, and usage trends.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Now there were no euphemisms for Germany’s leader.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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Some of the suspects try to minimize their actions with euphemisms or paraphrases; others do so with explanations that the prosecutors find utterly implausible.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Amodei is in talks with Emil Michael, under-secretary of defense for research and engineering, in a last-ditch effort to reach an agreement on the terms governing the Pentagon's access to Anthropic's Claude models, the Times reported, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Fortunately, however, the absolute energy of any individual particle-particle collision is tiny, corresponding to tiny fractions of a microgram’s worth of energy in terms of mass.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There were a few coinages in the script, but 90 percent of the language is real.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The silk mousseline garments floated almost like ghosts or memories of Chanel designs past, including the famous skirt suit with its matching cardigan and Karl Lagerfeld modernisms like jeans with a tweed jacket, plus the iconic flap bag.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Publicly, his expressions of exasperation are a common sight as his Rockets coworkers brick shots or both defensive rotations.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Even so, extinction of the expressions of our past, of our symbols, is always possible.—
Travis Whitlock,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Vernacularisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vernacularisms. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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