How to Use term in a Sentence

term

1 of 2 noun
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  • The law had been understood in broad terms.
  • He spoke about them in glowing terms.
  • His grades have improved since last term.
  • The governor will run for a second term.
  • He was sentenced to a ten-year term in the state penitentiary.
  • The term of the contract is 60 months.
  • That's an outdated term that no one uses anymore.
  • He is currently serving his third term in the U.S. Senate.
  • English 122 is not offered this term.
  • The term black and blue refers to the colors of a bruise.
    — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 29 Aug. 2019
  • But what about the near-term growth based on the stock movement over the last month?
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • So far, that has not been the case in terms of fuel costs.
    — Rockford Weitz, The Conversation, 19 July 2019
  • For lack of a better term, these guys like to have fun.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 19 Nov. 2022
  • In the short term, thinks look bleak for Biden and Democrats.
    — Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2022
  • In terms of food, Day 3 of the plan is the best one yet.
    — Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2018
  • Rank those four in terms of importance to you and your life?
    — Dylan “cinemasai” Green, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Tell me about your, for lack of a better term, big break.
    — Tom Philip, GQ, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The term refers to cloud-to-cloud lightning that occurs in the absence of rain.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The doubters don’t have much to go on, in terms of evidence.
    — Bob Hohler, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2019
  • Intel does have something to cheer about, at least in the short term.
    — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 5 Feb. 2020
  • And there is still no guarantee a vaccine for the virus will be ready in the near term.
    — Paul Vigna, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2020
  • One speaks freely and often, one opens up on her own terms.
    — Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 30 July 2019
  • The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case during its next term this fall.
    — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 2 July 2020
  • Free to choose, human beings too much on the short-term.
    — Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Those numbers, of course, could change before the term ends.
    — Charles Fishman, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2020
  • In terms of cost, this palette won't be breaking the bank.
    — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 12 Apr. 2019
  • Holmer is running for what would be his first full four-year term.
    — Erin Yarnall, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2021
  • But, at least in the short term, peace was not forthcoming.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The Fed has raised its benchmark short-term rate five times this year.
    — Time, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Put in tangential search terms and the world is your oyster.
    — Allison Duncan, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2019
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term

2 of 2 verb
  • The project was termed a success.
  • And as for her next steps, or what could be termed the French elephant in the gym?
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In other cities, the adjacent body of water might be termed a stream.
    — Elizabeth Roberts, Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 May 2017
  • Popovich said the situation can only be termed a soap opera if the club talks about it daily.
    — Tom Orsborn, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Bailey served two one-year terms as president and then termed out of the position.
    — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • That set of evening clothes termed a tuxedo is probably the most bombproof uniform in existence.
    — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Lowry has not played since Feb. 2, dealing with what the team is terming a sore left knee.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The injury was officially termed a left shoulder strain.
    — Zach Buchanan, Cincinnati.com, 5 July 2017
  • Certainly there is no need to preform the hacking and whacking that has been termed ‘crape murder’.
    — Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Those values formed the core of what has been termed China’s social religion.
    — Therese Shaheen, National Review, 25 Jan. 2018
  • He also was benched for two games this past week, which Cora termed a mental reset.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • Both Cannella and Berryhill are termed out of office next year.
    — Liam Dillon, latimes.com, 13 July 2017
  • Krekorian terms out at the end of next year, creating a wide-open race for his Valley seat.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
  • While it is just termed as a condition right now, the hope is further testing will shed more light on the diagnosis in the coming days.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2018
  • The death of a 43-year-old man can only be termed untimely.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 19 June 2019
  • The testament coincides with the beginning of what is sometimes termed his heroic phase.
    — National Geographic, 24 Apr. 2019
  • That’s what a friend of mine termed as neo-pessimism, but this is deeper than that, because the logic is so intact.
    — Hilary Hughes, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The best-case outcome for climate activists opening themselves up to sabotage would be what might best be termed a vibe shift.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Diggs missed Wednesday's practice due to what the team termed non-jury reasons.
    — Alaa Abdeldaiem, SI.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The governor's first choice to succeed Thomas, who's termed out, has already bowed out.
    — Ted Sickinger, OregonLive.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Bitmain is a miner first and foremost, but also sells what might be termed crypto-shovels.
    — The Economist, 19 May 2018
  • But that freedom is premised on what can fairly be termed an apartheid regime—one that has only become more entrenched with each passing year since the accords.
    — David Klion, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Experts have termed crises of the kind Felton endured a matter of caring, not legislating.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • For me, however, the same work would more accurately be termed a short-term investment.
    — Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Their obsession was such that it was termed porzellankrankheit, maladie de porcelaine or porcelain sickness.
    — Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Out with a knee injury that is termed week-to-week, forward Corey Perry must get healthy or the Ducks will fall short.
    — Ross McKeon, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Zimmer’s coaching style could be termed tough, brash, but brutally honest.
    — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Cordero was shut down for a time in May and went on the disabled list May 27 with what was termed a forearm strain at the time.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 June 2018
  • Some researchers have termed trees as crypto-wetlands or vertical wetlands.
    — Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 July 2019
  • Frogs incapable of color change are termed monochromatic; those that do change color at some point in their life cycle are dichromatic.
    — Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 21 Sep. 2017

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