parlance
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But baseball parlance was already in the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Justice,” in the parlance of the American legal system and true crime podcasts, generally means punishment, which generally means prison.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
In the funds’ parlance, they refer to investors “holding” shares they are exposed to, even though they don’t directly own shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Nuvalent has two late-stage therapies for non-small cell lung cancer that GSK says have “multi-blockbuster potential,” the industry parlance for sales of more than $1 billion per year.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
From someone else, for instance Janice, the contact would simply be casual, friendly, just a kind of parlance, formless, easy talk.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Vocabulary lists containing parlance
Just Mercy
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The Boys in the Boat
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