How to Use jargon in a Sentence
jargon
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Not to go all science jargon here, but way, way, waaaaaaaaay safer.
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Courtney Shea,
refinery29.com,
14 May 2021
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In retail jargon, as prices go up, sales go down, and jobs get lost.
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Rick Helfenbein,
Forbes,
31 May 2021
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Avoid tech jargon, and don’t try to impress with tech-speak acronyms.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Nobody wants to muddle their way through a bunch of jargon.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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So read all the way to the bottom and don't get confused by the jargon.
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Dennis Wagner,
azcentral,
24 June 2019
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The medical jargon for me is the worst.
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Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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The deal is written in legalese and trade jargon that will be pored over by trade experts and lawyers.
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William Mauldin,
WSJ,
15 Jan. 2020
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This is the kind of financial jargon that makes most people’s eyes glaze over.
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Ganesh Sitaraman,
Time,
26 Mar. 2026
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The program has a jargon-laden name but a cheerful acronym.
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Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
13 Dec. 2025
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Use plain language, avoid jargon and lead with purpose—why the role matters.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Like all sports, thoroughbred racing has its fair share of jargon.
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Jason Frakes,
The Courier-Journal,
3 Apr. 2018
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For each item, Guenther spits out high-speed football jargon.
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Andy Benoit,
SI.com,
1 Nov. 2017
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And my heart was not yet indifferent to the shabby jargon of hope.
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Lynn Freed,
Harper's magazine,
10 Mar. 2019
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But what does any of that bridge jargon mean to anyone who isn't a civil engineer?
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Erik Sofge,
Popular Mechanics,
28 May 2013
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This might sound like so much jargon important only to bond market geeks.
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Matt Phillips,
The Seattle Times,
4 Dec. 2018
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In those instances, there’s a lot of poetry jargon like meter and rhyme.
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Jireh Deng,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Sep. 2021
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What the company has said has been couched in deeply technical jargon.
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Dominic Fracassa,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 June 2021
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For my money, the best part of professional wrestling is the jargon.
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Joshua David Stein,
Town & Country,
6 Nov. 2019
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That's legal jargon to mean that Naruto doesn't own the photos.
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David Kravets,
Ars Technica,
15 July 2017
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From the cloudy heights, academic jargon trickles down to street level.
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Robert Garnett,
WSJ,
14 July 2017
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But while the finance jargon flies way, way over my head, the depth of the characters is what makes the show special.
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Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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That’s a lot of football jargon to say Flacco saw exactly what the fans did.
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Terry Pluto,
cleveland,
19 Sep. 2022
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But the details are buried in jargon-heavy government reports.
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Michael Hawthorne,
chicagotribune.com,
23 June 2017
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Coaches can talk football jargon with younger players who are familiar with it from the video games.
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Jason Jones,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Here's a handy explainer of the tax jargon you'll be exposed to as the proposal evolves.
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Luke Kawa,
Bloomberg.com,
27 Sep. 2017
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Two, there’s a difference between a story and speech, so be human and give the jargon a rest.
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Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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These people, raised in an unforgiving place, have no need for any of our Alien jargon.
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Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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In a field often crowded with jargon and hype, that approach is refreshing.
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Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The best way to dive in is with the glossary, which explains the jargon and acronyms that feature in the interviews.
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Annabelle Timsit,
Quartz,
17 May 2021
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So that’s some jargon, but the basic idea is, if our goal is to come up with a whole bunch of strings that don’t agree with each other too much.
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Quanta Magazine,
7 Aug. 2025
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