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Recent Examples of terminology
Jane says 'cuckold' is a 'spot-on' description for Diddy
Geragos asked about Jane researching lifestyle terminology that could help define their relationship in 2022.
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Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 10 June 2025
Predicting how technology will change our relationship with terminology is challenging, but the need for precise scientific language, including the names of species, will never go away.
—Nicholas Green, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
The transition to the name MASH was done to take away some of the stigma associated with older terminology.
—Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 31 May 2025
In the past two decades, wildfires have been doing things not even computer models can predict, environmental events that have scientists racking their brains for appropriately dystopian terminology: firenadoes, firestorms, gigafires, megafires.
—Jordan Thomas
may 28, Literary Hub, 28 May 2025
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Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 10 June 2025
Predicting how technology will change our relationship with terminology is challenging, but the need for precise scientific language, including the names of species, will never go away.
—Nicholas Green, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
The transition to the name MASH was done to take away some of the stigma associated with older terminology.
—Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 31 May 2025
In the past two decades, wildfires have been doing things not even computer models can predict, environmental events that have scientists racking their brains for appropriately dystopian terminology: firenadoes, firestorms, gigafires, megafires.
—Jordan Thomas
may 28, Literary Hub, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminology
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During the Cold War, popular culture provided Americans with images of (and a vocabulary for) nuclear war.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
10 July 2025
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But at the start of the project, which launched in 2023, their vocabularies differed dramatically.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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In it, Italian peasants Matteo and Natale discuss this same cosmic occurrence in the rustic Paduan dialect of the time.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
3 July 2025
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Around the table, his family speak the local dialect of the Veneto region.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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It was trained on the entire Internet to pull out statistical patterns in the language usage.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
14 July 2025
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Adding classes in Spanish for those who read, write and speak it as their first language is another part of the plan to make schooling at CLC both more affordable and less challenging.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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And June 2025 brought a fresh batch of slang that's either charming, confusing, or mildly alarming.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
8 July 2025
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Words change meaning over time, slang infiltrates the mainstream, and sometimes, a little creative license is acceptable.—
Jerry Weissman,
Forbes.com,
26 June 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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Different vendors use different jargon for basically the same (or a very similar) solution.—
Tate Olinghouse,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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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
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“Terminology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terminology. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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