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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
This family dynamic allowed Jessica to be exposed to lots of different languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese and Taiwanese—her grandmother's native village dialect.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
In the former Scandinavian territories, there are words that worked their way into the regional dialect.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
The interview was conducted in a mixture of English and Low German, a dialect widely spoken within the Christian Mennonite community.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
While Zubac is from Croatia and Bogdanovic is Serbian, their native Balkan language is the same but spoken with different dialects.
—Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
In the former Scandinavian territories, there are words that worked their way into the regional dialect.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
The interview was conducted in a mixture of English and Low German, a dialect widely spoken within the Christian Mennonite community.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
While Zubac is from Croatia and Bogdanovic is Serbian, their native Balkan language is the same but spoken with different dialects.
—Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialect
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Actors had to wear about 50 pounds of tactical gear during shoots, carry each other for two miles on stretchers and master radio etiquette, weapons handling, and military terminology.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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Through their own initiatives, these activists have secured equal pay for Paralympic athletes and changed discriminatory terminology in Major League Baseball.—
Jay Ruderman,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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Apart from any constitutional questions, there is also the problem that confessional language issued by the secretary of state in his official capacity distorts the message of Easter.—
Chloe Breyer,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Pope Francis preached the same gospel in different language.—
John Hope Bryant,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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The examples are countless, and, behind the expansion of vocabulary, there is always a foundation that is likely forgotten or plainly unknown by people who adopt it via popular culture.—
Lawrence Burney,
Pitchfork,
18 Apr. 2025
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For those of us old enough to remember Martin (or caught up through reruns), that phrase is etched into our pop culture vocabulary.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
15 Apr. 2025
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Their motto is gambler’s slang for risking it all in one effort to win big.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2025
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Robert De Niro’s daughter poked fun at the actor for struggling to keep up with teen slang.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Dialect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialect. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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