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the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
the promotional team for the new computer used a dialect full of acronyms that the press found difficult to follow
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Recent Examples of dialect
Lines spoken in Mandarin appear white, while yellow denotes Yunnan dialect.
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Richard Kuipers, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
This brings the show to 58 categories, and songs will only be considered if their lyrics are at least 60% written in Spanish, Portuguese or a native regional dialect.
—Kaitlyn Schwanemann, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
His father worked as a sports journalist and his mother as a dialect coach.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Amongst parrots speaking the North dialect, the researchers observed many bilingual parrots using both the North and the South dialects.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Richard Kuipers, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
This brings the show to 58 categories, and songs will only be considered if their lyrics are at least 60% written in Spanish, Portuguese or a native regional dialect.
—Kaitlyn Schwanemann, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
His father worked as a sports journalist and his mother as a dialect coach.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Amongst parrots speaking the North dialect, the researchers observed many bilingual parrots using both the North and the South dialects.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialect
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Sometimes, they're stated in legal terminology that's hard to decipher.Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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Mirror the terminology used in the job posting to reflect your alignment with the company’s objectives.Andrew Fennell, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Use neutral, factual language to ensure the message remains honest and unbiased.Tina Gada, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Onto the page spilled more than ten thousand lines of the richest and most resourceful blank verse in the English language, arranged into ten books in 1667, then rearranged into twelve in 1674.Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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McBride possesses a skill that few of his peers can claim: a vocabulary for critically analyzing screen acting and how its gestures and movements cohere with the director and cinematographer’s tools.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2024
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The future of communicating with buyers and customers is less about impressive vocabulary and more about genuine connection.Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Jone [Southern slang meaning make fun, joke around].Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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Previous generations of slang terms usually had one-to-one translations to, for lack of a better word, normal English.Evan Porter, Parents, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Dialect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialect. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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