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termed

ADJECTIVE
called
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It’s not “human cockfighting,” as John McCain termed it in 1996 while pushing for a ban on the sport—preliminary research suggests that both football and boxing cause more brain damage than MMA.

From Slate Jun. 14, 2026

Since Musk's takeover some companies have also chosen to leave the platform in what's been termed "the great X-odus".

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Predicting the weather over the next 72 hours, Krick favors what might generously be termed a historically informed approach and what might ungenerously be dubbed barmy pseudoscience.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

One commentator termed this stock melt-up the “bliss trade.”

From MarketWatch May 22, 2026

Doing so is sometimes termed the “broad base” fallacy, and we’ve already cited a couple of instances of it.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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