parlance
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Yet controversy dogs it: The term “virtue signaling” has not entered the common parlance yet, but on U.S. college campuses and elsewhere, Mr. Simon is confronted by protesters accusing him of defying the U.N. ban.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Nuvalent has two late-stage therapies for non-small cell lung cancer that GSK says have “multi-blockbuster potential,” the industry parlance for sales of more than $1 billion per year.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
In Wall Street parlance, that means the deal is currently two times oversubscribed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
In wrestling parlance, a “receipt” refers to retribution for a perceived slight or unnecessary use of physical force during a match.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
We now know that Cepheids throb as they do because they are elderly stars that have moved past their "main sequence phase," in the parlance of astronomers, and become red giants.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Just Mercy
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The Boys in the Boat
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