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writes essays in a very easy-to-read, vernacular style
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Recent Examples of vernacular
Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
If the substratum of the local and the vernacular is being erased in a metaphorical but also very literal sense by a voracious and extractive economic order, then the global subaltern’s rage must be given a voice and a place.
—Manuel Borja-Villel, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
The heads of the flowers were later harvested and adapted as living roofs for the Munchkins’ homes, the rustic vernacular of which scrambles any obvious precedents.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 17 Sep. 2024
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Plus, over-the-top emergencies like dam breaks, earthquakes, tsunamis and a pirate attack on a cruise ship, at least when told in the procedural’s vernacular, are an escape from the more mundane horrors of daily life.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
If the substratum of the local and the vernacular is being erased in a metaphorical but also very literal sense by a voracious and extractive economic order, then the global subaltern’s rage must be given a voice and a place.
—Manuel Borja-Villel, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
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Allegiances are often cloaked in the vernacular of America’s founding patriots.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
The heads of the flowers were later harvested and adapted as living roofs for the Munchkins’ homes, the rustic vernacular of which scrambles any obvious precedents.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vernacular
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The oceanic pole of inaccessibility goes by a more colloquial name: Point Nemo.Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
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The term shart is a colloquial reference for a wet fart, or when watery stool accidentally slips out while passing gas.Cristina Mutchler, Health, 6 Oct. 2024
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Working across styles and idioms including classical, jazz, pop, R&B, and film scoring—and breaking ground for African American achievement in the entertainment industries—Jones has garnered the highest levels of critical and commercial acclaim.Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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The New York alto saxophonist, composer, vocalist and bandleader makes her Bay Area debut this weekend with a series of gigs, introducing a beguiling body of tunes shaped by her Chinese American heritage and deep engagement with various jazz, folk and pop idioms.Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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She is credited with naming and cataloging hundreds of native plants in the Hudson River Valley using Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus’ then-new binomial system of botanical nomenclature.Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
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The watermelons grown in the United States were soon subsumed under the same Latin binomial.Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021
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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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In fact, even calling them a CMO has become something of a misnomer, because the role is changing dramatically.Mike Maynard, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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The name Dry Tortugas National Park is a bit of a misnomer, considering that less than one percent of this Florida national park’s 100 square miles is dry land.Matt Kirouac, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Apr. 2023
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In Jilly Cooper’s world, men conquer, women sigh, the sun shines perpetually on pale-gold Cotswolds mansions with bluebells in bloom, and absolutely everyone is DTF, as the parlance goes.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
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Through a melodic flow of political parlance and an impressive stable of sprightly actors, creator Debora Cahn stages a spirited play about political relationships — and relationship politics — that never feels stodgy or stupefying, despite an ungodly amount of dialogue.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
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In her role as chief blender, Walker, who is no relation to the brand name, is tasked with creating flavor inspiration from the brand’s 10 million casks stored across Scotland—the world’s largest collection of whiskies to be exact.Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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The cheeses were sold under several brand names—Aldi, La Bonne Vie, Market Basket and Supreme—but may all be contaminated with listeria after contact with the processing equipment at Savencia's Lena facility.Aliss Higham, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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But European regionalism has always also included ethnic and cultural elements connected to Christianity and whiteness.Hans Kundnani, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2024
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But regionalism in Connecticut, Yankees don’t want to hear that.Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
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“Vernacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vernacular. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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