parlance
Example Sentences
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The joint venture is what is known in accounting parlance as a variable interest entity, or VIE for short.
In intelligence parlance, an “illegal” agent is someone who works without official cover, such as a diplomat at an embassy.
From Washington Times
In modern pop parlance, album rollouts are often described as eras, but Swift’s career hasn’t always been that cleanly delineated.
From New York Times
From our earthly perspective, they embrace — or in astronomy parlance, conjunct — on March 2, according to the U.S.
From Washington Post
The size of the audience — “spectators,” in the magician’s parlance — allowed them to sit just a few feet from Tamariz, which is his preference these days.
From New York Times
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