nomenclature
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The legal news website SCOTUSblog has also begun using interim docket as its default nomenclature, rankling some commentators who accused the site of adopting a term that plays down the real-world repercussions of interim orders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
But as his nomenclature has become longer, the number of soldiers assembled for inspection has shrunk each year with embattled forces deployed to frontlines elsewhere.
From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025
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
My mom sure knew how to keep a secret, but she had a real lack of imagination for nomenclature.
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2024
Taxonomy and nomenclature were, for him, merely means to an end.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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