parlance
noun
par·lance
ˈpär-lən(t)s 
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In total, more than 200 countries — known in IOC parlance as national olympic committees, or NOCs — plan to send their most elite athletes to Paris, where most will check into the Olympic Village on the banks of the Seine.
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Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
At Augusta, paper tickets, known as badges in Masters parlance, are compulsory, and guards search for phones at security checkpoints.
—Alan Blinder Doug Mills, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
The recommendations were outlined in a health alert network advisory, or HAN in CDC parlance.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024
California’s parlance excludes non-plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) from the ZEV category, and the inequitable use of language mirrors an arbitrary bias against HEVs that permeates electric vehicle advocacy groups.
—Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
In technical parlance, these labels are often called model cards.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The channel has more than 9 million subscribers, and segments from the show posted there almost always have view counts (which in YouTube parlance means someone watched at least 30 seconds of a video) in the millions.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2024
Succession and quiet luxury became part of the national parlance.
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2024
The Yakama Nation considers all of Badger Mountain to be a traditional cultural property — government parlance for a place the tribes have identified as significant and eligible for federal protections.
—B. “toastie” Oaster, ProPublica, 19 Jan. 2024
Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
At Augusta, paper tickets, known as badges in Masters parlance, are compulsory, and guards search for phones at security checkpoints.
—Alan Blinder Doug Mills, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
The recommendations were outlined in a health alert network advisory, or HAN in CDC parlance.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024
California’s parlance excludes non-plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) from the ZEV category, and the inequitable use of language mirrors an arbitrary bias against HEVs that permeates electric vehicle advocacy groups.
—Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
In technical parlance, these labels are often called model cards.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The channel has more than 9 million subscribers, and segments from the show posted there almost always have view counts (which in YouTube parlance means someone watched at least 30 seconds of a video) in the millions.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2024
Succession and quiet luxury became part of the national parlance.
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2024
The Yakama Nation considers all of Badger Mountain to be a traditional cultural property — government parlance for a place the tribes have identified as significant and eligible for federal protections.
—B. “toastie” Oaster, ProPublica, 19 Jan. 2024
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“Parlance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parlance. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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parlance
noun
par·lance
ˈpär-lən(t)s
: manner of speech
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