Meanwhile, analytical software has revolutionized linguistic inquiry, enabling greater understanding of the ways language works—when, how, and why words break out; the specific contexts for expressions and idioms.
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Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
These systems can interpret regional slang, idioms and context-specific expressions, hence minimizing both over-censorship and under-enforcement.
The Tibetan diaspora encompasses people from three historical regions and five major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, each of which has its own subcultures, dialects, and histories.
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Tenzin Dorjee,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2025
Google says this feature supports more than 70 languages—fewer than the 251 total, including regional and national dialects, that this app supports after a series of linguistic expansions.
One particularly notable viral video featured the son of a provincial government minister posing in front of a tree made from boxes of luxury labels including Louis Vuitton, Cartier and Gucci.
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Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
Those rules are quite strict, Burton said, even requiring the labels be torn off plastic water bottles and put in a separate receptacle.
Industry events are often staid affairs, full of long-winded speeches and by-the-numbers performances.
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Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
Fogerty’s battles in and out of court over the years to try to regain control of his music were a frequent topic of the speeches during the event, not least of all his own.
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