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nomenclature

[noh-muhn-kley-cher, noh-men-kluh-cher, -choor] / ˈnoʊ mənˌkleɪ tʃər, noʊˈmɛn klə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər /


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More than updating nomenclature, they are reclaiming a stolen identity and forcing a collision between manufactured labels and the weight of history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

In light of that, the province pushed for -- and won -- "an exemption from the International Olympic Committee... because their nomenclature only included one name," Kompatscher said.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Reading through the ongoing debate about this nomenclature, it’s striking that what one group takes as totally obvious isn’t necessarily accepted by the other side.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2025

Though dramatic in nomenclature, a bomb cyclone is a low pressure system found north of the tropics and south of the Arctic that deepens, or intensifies, very rapidly over a 24-hour period.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

“You are even more clever than I could have hoped,” Hector says, not bothering to refute or confirm her musings about his colleague’s nomenclature.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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