vernacular

Example Sentences

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She couldn’t have known she’d alter my vernacular forever, but when Cher posted, “Whats going on with mycareer” — typos and all — nothing would ever be the same.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

In his own vernacular, he "mogs" everyone he meets - he is so at the top of his game that he outshines everyone in his presence.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

That’s 76% of the S&P 500 in terms of weighting that in Wall Street vernacular should be thought of as a hold, he says.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 5, 2026

Two, he brought a black vernacular and sensibility to sports announcing in a way that embraced an entire constituency of viewers who, yes, were very interested in sports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Critics claimed the fair extinguished the Chicago School of architecture, an indigenous vernacular, and replaced it with a renewed devotion to obsolete classical styles.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson