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Recent Examples of terminology
Erasing terminology doesn’t erase the reality of the situation, though.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Getting lost in terminology while overly relying on your development team can create dangerous blind spots.
—Oleg Sadikov, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Don’t let the cold terminology fool you — pixie dust still abounds, just with a keener sense of connecting every facet of the company.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 16 July 2025
Avoid industry-specific terminology that may not be familiar to the reader, as well as unnecessary acronyms.
—Andrew Roberts, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Getting lost in terminology while overly relying on your development team can create dangerous blind spots.
—Oleg Sadikov, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Don’t let the cold terminology fool you — pixie dust still abounds, just with a keener sense of connecting every facet of the company.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 16 July 2025
Avoid industry-specific terminology that may not be familiar to the reader, as well as unnecessary acronyms.
—Andrew Roberts, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for terminology
Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminology
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There’s almost a template to the Lexington format and a distinctive vocabulary too.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
23 July 2025
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So, in the case of La Tête d’Or, [chef] Daniel [Boulud] had this ambition to create something that was kind of a grand New York steakhouse but with a French influence, which led to a more refined vocabulary, and that led to wanting to elevate the cooking to be on display.—
Sofia Perez,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Look for loot and get a glimpse of life in the historic Marolles district south of the city center, once famous for the increasingly rare local dialect, Brusseleer, a.k.a.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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While over 20 dialects are spoken in Liberia, English is the official language of the country.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
10 July 2025
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English is widely spoken across Puerto Rico, but travelers should keep in mind that Spanish is the island's universal language.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
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But their language echoes the same arguments about unfair trade, deficits and national security that Trump invoked during his reciprocal tariff rollout.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
26 July 2025
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The use of technology is overdone, the slang is annoying and the characters seem unlikable.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
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Crashing out is a slang term used to negatively describe emotional overload or emotional dysregulation that presents as sudden, angry, frustrated, or distressing emotional outbursts or behaviors.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
20 July 2025
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Mayer said reducing churn — industry jargon for customer losses — is the most substantial factor in improving streaming services’ economics, even more so than gaining new subscribers or generating revenue from those customers.—
Ali McCadden,Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
18 July 2025
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There’ll be no judgment or jargon here, but real strategies to take control of your finances and build something that can change your family’s future.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
28 June 2025
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To quote a homespun idiom, there are different horses for different courses.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 July 2025
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Especially in multilingual markets, users frequently mix languages and use non-standard grammar, local idioms, creative spelling and hybrid sentence structures.—
Alessa Cross,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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“Terminology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminology. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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