semantic

Example Sentences

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In November, it refocused Chase’s division from “retail” to “lifestyle” — a semantic change that reflects a shifting focus.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

For many years, episodic and semantic memory have been treated as separate systems, leading researchers to investigate them independently.

From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026

But the distinction between task repricing—when technology can take over all or part of a task—and job destruction isn’t semantic, it is economic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

A semantic memory can be recalled as though it were episodic and vice versa, in degrees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

“Past time,” in contrast, is a semantic concept referring to an event that took place before the moment of speaking or writing.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker