semantic

Example Sentences

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But the distinction feels like a retreat into semantics — or what Orwell might refer to as “doublespeak.”

From Salon

“You can get into semantics,” he said, “but the bottom line is whether the department used all of the tools available to put the Jan. 1 fire out. And it did not.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Ordinary people don't care about the semantics, they want to see punishment, and public opinion is very much against Andrew, the Palace knows that, and the language very much reflect that".

From BBC

But we don't need to parse his semantic description of the exchange to know that this was not the meeting that the Ukrainian side had been expecting.

From BBC

They can be short-term or long-term, semantic or episodic.

From The Wall Street Journal