euphemism
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AI’s creators go from speaking in euphemism to telling us how terrified they are.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Musk justified the "rapid unscheduled disassembly" of these rockets, to use the entrepreneur's favorite euphemism for explosions, by saying they were part of the learning process.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
It has never really been used as a euphemism for murder.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
He was accused of "serious violations of discipline and law" - typically a euphemism for corruption.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
The quickening, Madeline had called it, as she laid her hands on Mia’s skin—such an old-fashioned euphemism, one that made her think of quicksilver, a lithe little fish whipping about within her.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
House Speaker Mike Johnson could win an award for military euphemisms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Whether Gifford is throwing out ribald euphemisms or Kotb's inspirational quotes are being derailed, the show’s pure magnetism is obvious and unrivaled.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025
They use euphemisms online to communicate the things they are not supposed to mention.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
What first clued me in to the remarkable frequency with which complaints about men’s cleanliness appear on Reddit was repeatedly encountering one of the most awfully evocative euphemisms in the English language: skid mark.
From Slate ● May 17, 2024
One day, irritated by the mockery, Fernanda wanted to know what Amaranta was saying, and she did not use euphemisms in answering her.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing euphemism
The Great Gatsby
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 1
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Rhetoric
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