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To clarify his point, the festival regular must cite his mother tongue.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026 -
Another novelty is a pope who speaks English as a mother tongue, something not seen for centuries.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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And why in the world would anyone composing after the Second World War reëmbrace the long-irrelevant late-Romantic idiom of Puccini and Strauss, with its lush harmonies, rich orchestration, and powerful melodies?—
Russell Platt,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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These days, Andersen has the idioms flying in Carolina’s locker room.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Many older residents speak not just Italian and Croatian, but also a local dialect derived from Old Venetian and Old Croatian.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
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Industry jargon that’s divorced from the way kids actually talk about books is more evidence of the disconnection between children and the people who make books for them.—
Mac Barnett,
Longreads,
5 May 2026
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Together with the challenging sequences of medical procedures and biology jargon, the crowd and pace can be overwhelming.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Space Force has inked contracts with emerging space companies—non-traditional primes, in military contracting parlance—to buy services, manufacture satellites and payloads, and launch rockets.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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The decision singled out these compounders, which are known as 503B facilities in regulatory parlance, after growing controversy over their role in making weight loss treatments available over the past few years.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
30 Apr. 2026
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How did the name Go-Go being used as slang for parties come about?—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
11 May 2026
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The home was dubbed Snowman in honor of Bryan’s late brother, Chris, who earned the nickname from the golf slang for a score of eight on an individual hole.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
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The lead up to May 26 The election season patter from both campaigns is to be expected.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
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Almost everything sounds great, but the constant patter of the drums, which falls into the boosted bass range, feels more like a battering.—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
8 May 2026
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Industry vernacular distinguishes the conventional mortgage as qualified mortgage, or QM.—
Jeff Lazerson,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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Speaking in Ormond Beach, DeSantis took aim at Jeffries’ recent warnings to Florida Republicans over redistricting, appearing to use African-American vernacular to imitate the Brooklyn lawmaker, who in 2023 became the first Black politician to lead a major party in Congress.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Acrolect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrolect. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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