idiom
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The Dodgers acquired Skubal in an abundantly predictable bombshell trade with the Detroit Tigers in exchange for a trio of prospects, wanting to test the idiom that a ballclub can never have enough pitching.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The CJP protests spoke in the idiom of a generation raised online.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Part of that idiom is the boisterous humour that the Punjab region is known for, portrayed in part through Sajawal's mother, the imposing matriarch Sohni Ammi.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
It may be the most overused idiom to ever exist, but life is short; the only way to live it is to try our hardest to like it.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025
“It’s an idiomatic piece of the language. That means—” “I know what an idiom is,” Wilem interrupted.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Mr. Argue applies the same brilliant synthesis of influences and mastery of several musical idioms that has distinguished his own magnificent 18-piece Secret Society ensemble, but here carrying a less urgent, more subdued feel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
It's hard to miss the evidence: huge, bright ads of chilli-laced dishes and, sometimes, Chinese idioms, in malls, buses and subway stations.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
Nothing more comforting than hearing a bunch of guys from San Clemente describe things as “gnarly” or Australians deploy idioms that I could only dream of.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024
They have absorbed a vast inventory of words, idioms, constructions, tropes, and rhetorical tricks, and with them a sensitivity to how they mesh and how they clash.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing idiom
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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Vivacious Vernacular: Words About Slang
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