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A secret visit by national security adviser Henry Kissinger the year before laid the groundwork for the presidential trip, alongside reciprocal visits of table tennis teams termed "ping-pong diplomacy".

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Connolly, the son of a police chief, started as a prosecutor working on homicides and gang-related matters, which he termed “the most serious cases in the system.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

After more than a decade, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis is termed out, opening a contest for a sprawling 1st District stretching from Silver Lake to Pomona that represents nearly 2 million people.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

There have been some concerns at the start of this year about what might be termed "systems over-reach", even if that's a phrase I have invented myself rather than one I've heard in the paddock.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

A very general system of chemical communication between living things of all kinds, plant and animal, has been termed “allelochemics” by Whittaker.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas