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Recent Examples of slang
Annabelle Canela, Parents, 24 Jan. 2025
Robinson called it the All Net Resort and Arena, using basketball slang for a shot so perfect the ball passes through the net without touching the rim.
—Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The woman told police Sulaiman had been smoking Angel Dust — a slang term for PCP — in the days preceding the assault.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2025
The amount is interesting in itself, as 1337 is hacker slang for elite.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Ghosting, a slang term typically used in dating, is when someone abruptly ends all communication without informing the other person as to why.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 24 Jan. 2025
Robinson called it the All Net Resort and Arena, using basketball slang for a shot so perfect the ball passes through the net without touching the rim.
—Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The woman told police Sulaiman had been smoking Angel Dust — a slang term for PCP — in the days preceding the assault.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2025
The amount is interesting in itself, as 1337 is hacker slang for elite.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Honeywell Honeywell was the rare Charlotte-area Fortune 500 firm that kept its Inclusion and Diversity section and terminology in this year’s 10-K filing.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2025
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Bates is overseeing other cases related to the administration, including one over gender terminology that led Republican Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee to introduce an impeachment resolution against him.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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That potential exists even moreso in soccer than in most other North American pro sports, given the limitless potential for mixing of languages, accents and even disparity of meanings based on dialect.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Madison, who won the Oscar for Best Actress, learned Russian, worked with a dialect coach to master the Brooklyn accent, shadowed real dancers, and even installed a pole in her living room for the role.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2025
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In these and the more recent scores at MIT, the semiotic vocabulary of the Lakȟóta shape kit functions as abstract notations for musicians and performers to interpret.—
Christopher T. Green,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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My mom is an avid (and award-winning) quilter, so quilting terms have always been part of my vocabulary.—
Sam Corbin,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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The song has been covered in various languages by more than 30 singers in its 52-year history — including The White Stripes, Olivia Newton-John, Miley Cyrus, Mindy Smith and many more.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Not to be confused with the dual language program for English learners (EL), Ambroiggio said approximately 7,000 students whose first language is other than English are in a program to develop their English skills to a level with their peers.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slang. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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