idiomatic
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His posts on X in idiomatic American English have garnered wide attention and raised questions over who is actually writing them, given Ghalibaf is not known to be a fluent English speaker.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Headlined by conductor Marco Armiliato, soprano Lisette Oropesa as the heroine Elvira and tenor Lawrence Brownlee as her beloved Arturo, this was a musically idiomatic and expressive traversal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Fairy tales, idiomatic expressions, warrior tales all amplified human fear, and led to the systematic extermination of wolves across Britain and Europe.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
That's an idiomatic, not a literal, translation of course, but don't you just love that image?
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2022
In fact, gerunds with unmarked subjects were the historically earlier form, have long been used by the language’s best writers, and are perfectly idiomatic.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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