Thesaurus results for PARLANCE

parlance

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Definition of parlance

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formal the manner of speech used by a particular group of people In military parlance, "bug out" means "to retreat." They spoke the parlance of those in the technology industry.

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Recent Examples of parlance To borrow Mao’s parlance, Xi’s not ready yet for the strategic counter-offensive stage. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026 The Kremlin can present demonstrations of military power, even without a victory, as proof of Russian independence in international affairs—sovereignty, in Putin’s parlance. — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026 Augusto, Marrero, Hernández and countless others have little choice but to figure things out which, in Cuban parlance, means overcoming whatever obstacle is placed in their way. — Juan Carlos López, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 In OpenAI's current parlance, a plugin is a bundle of apps, instructions, role-specific skills, and recurring workflows rather than an external application or a folder of sample prompts. — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for parlance

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Noun

Students were learning dates and terminology instead of poetry.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
The terminology, the system, the college routine, all those things start to come.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of terminology

Noun

The reality, of course, is that the Southern accent is not some incorrect version of a national standard but instead a historically separate and unique dialect – or, more accurately, set of dialects.

— Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
The conflicts are raw and unresolved, and Churchill forces theatergoers to make up their own minds about the characters’ furious dialect.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of dialect

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Hollywood productions coming in are good for the industry because the crews get work, but the stories are not Australian and the vernacular is not Australian.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026
Dozens of Jewish worshippers surrounding him respond in a chorus of amens and praises of God in Aramaic, the ancient Jewish vernacular.

— Ilan Ben Zion, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of vernacular

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Over the decades, though, Reich’s idiom has become part of the mainstream.

— Joshua Barone, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026
The first Velvet Underground album, the mid-period Beatles, Kinks, and Creedence Clearwater Revival records, with enough time, seem almost like different components to the same idiom.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of idiom

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There’s a level of seriousness that belies the 90-minute comedy film he’s made, which features an imbecilic white rapper who speaks in Caribbean-British slang and a contraption that shoots bullets out of one’s rear end.

— Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
McCaffrey and the 49ers will return to the United States after their win and lesson in Australian slang to play the Miami Dolphins in Week 2.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of slang

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Axios Business Editor Dan Primack said Anthropic's S-1 filing marked a shift in the company's language towards using public markets to finance compute spending.

— Ashley Capoot,Jordan Novet,Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny,Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
The vulnerability, called P2PShell, impacts a coding language that powers 70% of the world’s websites, enabling hackers to remotely execute code or gain access to information stored on servers.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

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