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Recent Examples of archaism
Narrator Mary Lewis, raised in Newfoundland herself, delivers the book in a manner that seems stilted at first but grows more appealing as Lewis moves further into the story, with its pleasing archaisms and evocation of balked communication.
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Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2020
That phrase, which may strike some young American ears as an archaism if not an oxymoron, is worth unpacking, and Amis provides readers with a pocket account of the historical preconditions of his extravagant fame.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
For the Latin American left, that vision has congealed into archaism.
—The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
But the main challenge for any translator is to remain true to Virgil without wrenching him into archaism or stiffness.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2017
Full of archaisms, the language has a neo-Nabokovian extravagance, occasionally overindulgent.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2017
Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2020
That phrase, which may strike some young American ears as an archaism if not an oxymoron, is worth unpacking, and Amis provides readers with a pocket account of the historical preconditions of his extravagant fame.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
For the Latin American left, that vision has congealed into archaism.
—The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
But the main challenge for any translator is to remain true to Virgil without wrenching him into archaism or stiffness.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2017
Full of archaisms, the language has a neo-Nabokovian extravagance, occasionally overindulgent.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archaism
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The Magic Mountain is an odyssey confined to one place, a novel of ideas like no other, and a masterpiece of literary modernism.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Politicians with the far-right Alternative for Germany party have criticized the Bauhaus movement of the early 20th century, claiming that its emphasis on austerity and minimalism led modernism in the wrong direction.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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As a host, Scherzinger could play the eager theater kid to the likes of the intimidating Simon Cowell, throwing out neologisms like schamazing.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
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Osmond and Huxley had discussed possible neologisms to describe the impact such drugs had on the body and mind.Paul Lindholdt, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2024
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Kam understood the regional colloquialism assignment!Cindi Andrews and Katie Wissman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Nov. 2024
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The fine line between being relatable to your audience and appearing unprofessional by going against consumer preferences to formality by using slang, colloquialisms, or informalities can potentially damage brand growth with both new and existing consumers.Gary Drenik, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
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The bottom line is, printing paper money or minting token coinage is easy profitable technology, but you are just not allowed to do it; that is the direction of travel at present.Clem Chambers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The buyers, a group that included coinage expert Mitch Spivack, resold it for $516,000 five days later.Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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In fact, Mandarin itself used thousands of loanwords from Japanese and English when new disciplines such as sociology and natural science entered China’s curricula a mere century ago.Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
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During this period, more than 10,000 loanwords from French entered the English language, mostly in domains where the aristocracy held sway: the arts, military, medicine, law and religion.Phillip M. Carter, Fortune Well, 12 June 2023
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The media has deployed every euphemism imaginable to describe the former president’s public usage of bad words like ****, **** and ****.Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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But the rest has been, in the British political euphemism of the moment, missteps.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
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The 47-year-old Simon, a BART board member since 2016, will enter her first congressional term in the wake of the Democratic Party’s disastrous losses in last week’s election.Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Two days after the nation’s voters gave Donald Trump another term as president, Gov. Gavin Newsom staged a publicity stunt to position California — and presumably himself — as the epicenter of resistance.Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Archaism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archaism. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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