jargon
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Within the jargon and legalese of a seven-page letter, county Supt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Actually, nobody on Wall Street has a good definition of risk, which is why they hide behind Greek letters and jargon: Sharp ratios, Sortino ratios, Treynor ratios and so on.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Because we are creating synthetic stock—trader jargon for using options to mimic actual shares—let’s use expirations of six months and longer to simulate equity ownership.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
A lot of companies use titles and jargon that mean little to outsiders, he says, so it is important to simplify terms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
A failure to realize that my chunks may not be the same as your chunks can explain why we baffle our readers with so much shorthand, jargon, and alphabet soup.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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