jargon
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The exterior’s focal points are the recessed areas—coves, in the jargon of early Corvettes—aft the front wheel arches, set off with J-shaped accents that reach across the doors’ shutline.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
In the jargon of investing, these are “quality” companies with a bias against extreme “growth” stocks—names such as Walmart, Coca-Cola and S&P Global itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The language used to describe snack tins is so flowery — and muddled by hyper-wellness jargon — it’s almost nonsensical.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
"When we have a trauma scene, a big complicated scene, we're really taken through that in terms of choreography," he said, adding that the medical jargon was "a lot sometimes".
From BBC • Apr. 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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