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Recent Examples of terminology
Security, errors, and trust dominate the risk analysis Despite the hype and muddled terminology, the core idea of AI agents—systems designed to autonomously take action to carry out specific tasks—is still generating a lot of justifiable excitement.
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Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Continue reading … WOKENESS EXPOSED – CDC official's resignation raises eyebrows with pronouns and 'pregnant people' terminology.
—FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
In later litigation in Washington, a federal judge allowed certain claims to proceed, finding that a reasonable consumer could be misled by the terminology.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
This may be a function of terminology.
—Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Continue reading … WOKENESS EXPOSED – CDC official's resignation raises eyebrows with pronouns and 'pregnant people' terminology.
—FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
In later litigation in Washington, a federal judge allowed certain claims to proceed, finding that a reasonable consumer could be misled by the terminology.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
This may be a function of terminology.
—Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminology
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The answer is to read more, in conjunction with expanding one’s vocabulary.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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The consensus narrative of institutional finance has become so detached from empirical reality that diagnosing the problem requires abandoning its vocabulary for the precision of mathematics.—
Benjamin D. Summers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Gullah Creole is a mix of Southern and [some other] dialects.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Another study by the University of California-Berkeley found ChatGPT responses reinforce dialect discrimination.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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The usual way to craft programming code entails the handwriting of source code, often using a conventional programming language such as Python, C++, and other popular coding languages.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Having sat with Jones in their home studio, Ronson understood the language of digital sound meters, tape machines and knobs and faders, as well as the importance of reading the room.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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But there’s a whole lot of other slang spoken around here.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
8 Sep. 2025
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But first, the deeper history and roots of certain slang terms A number of phrases that are labeled as Gen Z lingo or internet slang today are derived from Black and drag cultures.—
Mia Thurow,
jsonline.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Customer communication should focus on the value-add, not technical jargon, tools, and processes.—
John Spencer-Taylor,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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For Lapin, who grew up with trauma and internalized fears about money, or the lack thereof, this means understanding financial jargon and modeling healthy mindsets for her daughter.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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Nonnas There's a saying that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, and Joe Scaravella (Vince Vaughn) of 2025's Nonnas is the perfect depiction of the idiom.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Terminology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminology. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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