Thesaurus results for VERNACULARS

vernaculars

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plural of vernacular

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as in trivial names

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Noun

There are plenty of idioms to describe Andrean outside hitter Aleece Ehler’s freshman season.

— Noah Poser, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
On the one hand, the translation serves as a source for the idioms of nineteenth-century English; on the other, as evidence of the ideas that the translator held about a Colombian woman writer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026

Definition of idioms

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Two are being identified with pseudonyms out of concern for the safety of relatives in Afghanistan.

— Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2026
Some of these up-and-coming filmmakers, however, create cinematic experiences not under their legal names, but pseudonyms.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026

Definition of pseudonyms

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Asked what labels are hot these days among athletes, Hampton cites Louis Vuitton, Prada, Bottega Veneta, Miu Miu, Saint Laurent and Loewe.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
However, there is considerably more room today for contemporary luxury, independent labels, and direct-to-consumer brands to establish credibility in handbags.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of labels

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Jamaica’s official language and civilizational ideal was the Queen’s English, but the island’s lingua franca was the marvelous variant of that tongue called patois.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
In truth, plenty of New Yorkers are both privileged and come from elsewhere, but still fall into the rhythm and the patois that has long defined the city.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026

Definition of patois

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Along with the speeches and various vendors, chess boards will be available.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026
Not every broadcast and cable network confirmed their final plans on the record, but the ones that did respond largely signaled plans to only focus on just the major speeches.

— Daniel Strauss, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of speeches

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