semantic
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“It’s a little bit semantic sometimes, like I know some people consider Ridgecrest a doublet, and some people don’t,” Lozos said, referring to the 2019 earthquake sequence that shook up L.A. from the Mojave Desert.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
There’s people who want me to be mad because of the semantic drift.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
In November, it refocused Chase’s division from “retail” to “lifestyle” — a semantic change that reflects a shifting focus.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
Some pairings reflected real-world knowledge and formed the semantic task, while others were learned during an earlier study phase and served as the episodic task.
From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026
And they distinguish both of these from semantic categories and roles like action, physical object, possessor, doer, and done-to, which refer to what the referents of the words are doing in the world.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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