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Recent Examples of collocation
The collocation of them is not unusual.
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New York Times, 30 July 2021
The risk of these writers’ style, with their short chapters and darting insights, is randomness, and sometimes this book, whatever its thematic claims, seems to consist of what has come under the author’s eye, an arbitrary collocation.
—Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
New York Times, 30 July 2021
The risk of these writers’ style, with their short chapters and darting insights, is randomness, and sometimes this book, whatever its thematic claims, seems to consist of what has come under the author’s eye, an arbitrary collocation.
—Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collocation
Noun
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Above this grid are seven phrases, each giving you a clue to seven words.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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This, of course, was swiftly rebuked by comics writer Tom King, who had used the phrase in a Superman comic that same year.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Overall, the impression the car imparts is decidedly futuristic, and the design idiom certainly aligns with other recent luxurious EV concepts, such as those unveiled by Jaguar, Mercedes, and Genesis, as well as production vehicles such as the Tesla Cybertruck.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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By the time these terms get into the mainstream, new ones have already appeared, although some (such as to dig or cool) remain staples of the idiom despite wide non-Negro use.—
Benjamin Hale
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Confucius says—an old-fashioned locution, perhaps, but appropriate here—never to take interest in feats of strength.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2024
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That archly strangled locution, the ceaseless scorn: the vendor’s voice nags at the former Dean Street boy.—
Rachel Cusk,
Harper's Magazine,
27 Sep. 2023
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“Collocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collocation. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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