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semantic

[si-man-tik] / sɪˈmæn tɪk /


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Rather than relying only on researchers to read and interpret every dream individually, the technology allowed the team to measure the semantic structure of the reports.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

“It’s a little bit semantic sometimes, like I know some people consider Ridgecrest a doublet, and some people don’t,” Lozos said, referring to the 2019 earthquake sequence that shook up L.A. from the Mojave Desert.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

There’s people who want me to be mad because of the semantic drift.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

To evoke the fractured psyche of the characters, Morrison’s narratives are highly disjointed, switching among different points of view and time periods with only the slimmest semantic clues offered for orientation.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2026

I was also taught that a “noun” is a word for a person, place, or thing, which confuses a grammatical category with a semantic category.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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