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a way of saying something that is particular to the present day; a modern speech form
modernisms like "blog" and "life hack"
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Recent Examples of modernism
Inside, the design draws on Palm Beach Regency style and mid-century modernism, with antique light fixtures, plush fabrics, and those quintessential white tablecloths.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
The home was built as an ode to the nature that surrounds it while creatively weaving modernism and style throughout the interior.
—Tj MacIas, Sacramento Bee, 4 Feb. 2025
The show traces the rise of modernism in Brazil, showing how Brazilian artists were adapting contemporary trends, international influences and artistic traditions to create a new type of art; art informed by the vibrant cultures, identities and landscapes of Brazil.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
As a whole, the residences are described as a fusion of Mexican and Mediterranean modernism that lets the materiality do a lot of the speaking.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
The home was built as an ode to the nature that surrounds it while creatively weaving modernism and style throughout the interior.
—Tj MacIas, Sacramento Bee, 4 Feb. 2025
The show traces the rise of modernism in Brazil, showing how Brazilian artists were adapting contemporary trends, international influences and artistic traditions to create a new type of art; art informed by the vibrant cultures, identities and landscapes of Brazil.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
As a whole, the residences are described as a fusion of Mexican and Mediterranean modernism that lets the materiality do a lot of the speaking.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modernism
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Narrator Mary Lewis, raised in Newfoundland herself, delivers the book in a manner that seems stilted at first but grows more appealing as Lewis moves further into the story, with its pleasing archaisms and evocation of balked communication.—
Katherine A. Powers,
Washington Post,
21 Jan. 2020
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That phrase, which may strike some young American ears as an archaism if not an oxymoron, is worth unpacking, and Amis provides readers with a pocket account of the historical preconditions of his extravagant fame.—
A.O. SCOTT,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2018
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Canucks need to suck up a bit of short term pain for long term gain.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
5 Mar. 2025
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The use of federal prisons to house detainees was what Trump also relied on in his first term in office.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
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In interviews, Twigs disbursed the meanings behind her neologism, her philosophy.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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Perhaps that’s why we’ve been bombarded with so many neologisms to describe mind states, like brain rot, or Eusexua.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2025
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You would be forgiven for assuming this a playful colloquialism, perhaps revealing a tenderness to the hunt.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Black communities are usually at the creative vanguard, from Renaissance art movements to fashion and even colloquialisms.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
3 Mar. 2025
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So using Google Trends, Ayers and his colleagues looked at how often people in the U.S. were searching online using phrases such as gambling and addiction, addict, anonymous, or hotline.—
Simon Spichak,
Health,
1 Mar. 2025
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The video playfully imitates the exaggerated intonations and repetitive phrases often heard in an influencer's product placement videos.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Kraft noted that the coin's obverse was identical to the 1806 British coinage, while the reverse was unique to the Bahamas.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Other coinage acts throughout the years raised the gold-silver ratio, and the average ratio throughout the 20th century was closer to 47:1.—
Victor Rosario,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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After sixteen months of watching a genocide happen in real time—with more-or-less total support from Western governments, despite the euphemisms and justifications skillfully woven by headlines and political speeches—the contradiction is becoming harder to ignore.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
27 Feb. 2025
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Finally, liquid bat guano and liquid earthworm castings (guano and castings are euphemisms for excrement) are also utilized for foliar fertilization.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
14 Feb. 2025
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Deepfake films, for example, frequently feature odd blinking patterns, erratic lighting and inconsistent facial expressions.—
Rohan Pinto,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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But for a man of few words in front of an audience, his music is ripe with satire and vulnerability, and his live performance is riddled with excessive performances of emotion, from his pained facial expressions, hand gestures and smooth dance moves.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Modernism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernism. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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