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as in dialectal
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Recent Examples of dialectical
Akhtar reanimates this dialectical discussion of artistic freedom in the fraught context of AI.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Ives tried to recover this lost ideal of an America that, for him, was always dialectical.
—The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
As a student of astrology and as a Gemini sun—curious, quick-witted, charming with a penchant for dialectical analysis—who better to engage in this purely scientific endeavor?
—Maya Layne, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
Cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy are typically considered the gold standard.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 11 Feb. 2025
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Ives tried to recover this lost ideal of an America that, for him, was always dialectical.
—The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
As a student of astrology and as a Gemini sun—curious, quick-witted, charming with a penchant for dialectical analysis—who better to engage in this purely scientific endeavor?
—Maya Layne, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
Cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy are typically considered the gold standard.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialectical
Adjective
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His work has received dozens of national and regional awards.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2025
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The investment was about $3.55 billion, according to Newsweek research—a mixture of direct and indirect grants and loans from the Chinese state and its banks, regional development banks and the states themselves.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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All forms of nonstandard helmets are unsafe helmets.—
Tanya Mohn,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Make a complaint to commercial providers of nonstandard helmets, even transport service providers whose drivers and passengers are not wearing safe helmets.—
Tanya Mohn,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Because back nine is close to backside, and backside is just far too colloquial.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Russ Scholl, a ski instructor at Breckenridge Ski Resort, has published a 133-square grid of funky colloquial phrases for different types of snow.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In addition to the musical reconstruction, McBurney has been making a contemporary English version of the libretto, with the translator Hannah Whitley, that preserves the original’s vernacular.—
Jeffrey Arlo Brown,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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This therapist speaks in a very specific kind of vernacular.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Dialectical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialectical. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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