parlance

Example Sentences

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In financial markets parlance, a “left tail” outcome refers to a major crash.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

Once storage fills up—a condition known in industry parlance as “tank tops”—producers face the technically and politically costly reality of halting production.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Twila is, in Hollywood parlance, a “firecracker” — you know, the tough-talking dame who inevitably nurses a wounded heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

In the modern parlance, the majority are simply not having him.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

In engineering parlance, it embodied little “dead load,” the static weight of immobile masses of brick and steel.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson