Thesaurus results for VERNACULARS

vernaculars

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plural of vernacular

as in idioms

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There are always critics in all idioms whose goal is writing about something much bigger using a review to get there.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Cinema is, after all, a language, and Belgian filmmakers come from a country built on the need to understand language as a bridge—between its regions, its people, and its idioms.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of idioms

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Many of the women used pseudonyms to deliver their testimony in court and for identification in court documents.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
The use of pseudonyms by female writers born in the nineteenth century is typically understood as a feminist loophole around the patriarchal suppression of women’s writing.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of pseudonyms

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Clues in quotation marks are colloquialisms, of a kind, and need to solve to a phrase that’s similar in tone.

— Sam Corbin, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
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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But labels are free to stray from its recommendations, and ADOR made several key changes, multiple experts told The Times.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
An avid student of retail history, Schulman said he was particularly tickled by the old clothing labels incorporating global department store banners alongside the Burberry brand.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of labels

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Born from the international slave trade during the 18th century, the hybrid language primarily blended the French spoken by colonists and slavers with multiple West African dialects, particularly from the Senegambian region.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Nov. 2026
But hearing that sweet murder-durder voice spring ferth from Ray Donovan is, quite frankly, werth the price of admission for those of us holding an outsized appreciation for actors attempting difficult regional dialects.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of dialects

Noun

Jamaica’s official language and civilizational ideal was the Queen’s English, but the island’s lingua franca was the marvelous variant of that tongue called patois.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
In truth, plenty of New Yorkers are both privileged and come from elsewhere, but still fall into the rhythm and the patois that has long defined the city.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026

Definition of patois

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