vernacular
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The term “creator” has become part of the TV-credit vernacular; Rebecca Sonnenshine is the “developer” here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Most of the time, I can overlook diluted queer vernacular popping up in the most random places.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
The excitement comes with its own vernacular, as “powder hounds” hit the slopes, looking for “fresh tracks” and “chasing pow.”
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 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
By 1959, scholars convinced the government that Persia and Iran should both be part of the vernacular.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
“People at the top spoke a different language, often Latin, and populations would speak local vernaculars, which were not standardized.”
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
He has driven across the country more than a dozen times, mapping highways, studying vernaculars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
He went on to explain that even though language constantly evolves, different regions will continue to display their own collections of distinct vernaculars.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2022
The “Folk Symphony,” split into three movements, weaves swatches of folk music into a vibrant tapestry of vernaculars.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2022
All these except, for obvious reasons, the first, tended away from Latin into the vernaculars as time went on, and were but of lesser literary moment, even while they continued to be written in Latin.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George
Vocabulary lists containing vernacular
The AP English Exam: Writing, Grammar, and Word Choice
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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