Thesaurus results for VERNACULARISMS

vernacularisms

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While Niles’ lack of dialogue and his comedic chops can translate well and lead to worldwide exposure, a character whose appeal depends on English-language jokes and colloquialisms is harder to export.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

Definition of colloquialisms

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Sam Roberts, a longtime obituarist for the New York Times, wants to banish the euphemisms that attend death.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Tshabalala’s bluntness about the economic cost is the rare honest signal here; business will not be pacified by euphemisms.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of euphemisms

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For Polaris, the bigger slot arrives alongside a new song made on its own terms — a first step rather than a final word.

— Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2026
But little progress has been made towards implementing a deal to end the conflict, which includes terms for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its troops.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of terms

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The author, a professor named Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, proved to have a knack not just for provocative legal essays but for coinages, too.

— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
There were a few coinages in the script, but 90 percent of the language is real.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025

Definition of coinages

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The loan of the pandas was one of the few concrete outcomes to come out of the state visit, which saw expressions of goodwill between the leaders, but no fixes to any of the long-standing differences between the two countries.

— Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
This partnership is one of the clearest expressions of that so far.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

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