vernacular

Example Sentences

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They’re hearty, warm, cheesy, creamy and indulgent — just a few words that are part of the season’s culinary vernacular.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 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

The painting’s full-length figures, like those in Old Master official portraits, are here translated into a contemporary vernacular, with a radiant Aline Charigot, Renoir’s future wife, in the arms of his friend Paul Lhote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

These events will remain the game's "tentpoles", to use the latest corporate vernacular.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

He talked to virtually no one but his horses, and then only in their vernacular of small gestures and soft sounds.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand