dialectal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialectal
Adjective
  • Ives tried to recover this lost ideal of an America that, for him, was always dialectical.
    The New Yorker, 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
Adjective
  • Trump’s rollouts and reversals of tariffs aimed at Canada and Mexico — where many global carmakers have manufacturing plants — has sparked volatile trade of regional auto stocks.
    Jenni Reid,Chloe Taylor,Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The lessons from Microsoft extend beyond corporate settings to regional economic strategies as well.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • All forms of nonstandard helmets are unsafe helmets.
    Tanya Mohn, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Additionally, the numeric keypad has a nonstandard three-column layout with narrow keys.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • What is a Green Beret? Green Beret is the colloquial name used for members of the U.S. Army Special Forces.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Purple group — colloquial suffixes (CORE, GATE, MANIA, PILLED) No perfect game, but that's nine wins in a row.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • While the brand has collaborated with everyone from Sacai and Undercover to Bulgari, Rimowa and most recently, Ugg, Ahn wanted the book to focus on its own aesthetic — perhaps also to remind industry observers of the origin of some ideas that have since entered the fashion vernacular.
    Joelle Diderich, WWD, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Elon Musk is street vernacular for a male body part.
    Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Dialectal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialectal. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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