phrases
Example Sentences
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Coroners are in the business of endings, putting a neat period on decades of damage with phrases like “cardiac arrest.”
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Words and phrases that will earn you a mark: genuinely, load-bearing, smoking gun, X is the new Y, and any “crazy hyphenated contractions that no one would normally use,” says Mehta, 33.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Other popular phrases unique to the Who-verse: “Good form, Bella Thorne.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Soon after TechCrunch reported on the concerns, Instinct updated its terms-of-service agreement to remove several of the phrases that raised eyebrows.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
That was when I realized I had to write down the memories and myths and the legends—and even the phrases and jokes.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
