dialectal

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialectal
Adjective
  • Akhtar reanimates this dialectical discussion of artistic freedom in the fraught context of AI.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Pay attention to what treatment specialty your therapist provides: Some offer specific approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy or dialectical behavior therapy.
    Bryan Cochran, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2024
Adjective
  • Over the past few weeks, U.S. officials have corralled support from regional governments and held discussions with Lebanese politicians with the aim of convening parliament to choose a president.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • In Pictures | Getty Images Cologne’s higher regional court on Wednesday ruled against Deutsche Bank in a long-standing legal dispute with shareholders who alleged the lender underpaid in its multi-stage acquisition of German retail bank Postbank.
    Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Despite these guidelines, healthcare providers still take measurements in nonstandard positions — with the arm resting on a patient’s lap or hanging at their side, according to study authors.
    Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Reported Earnings Growth Kirkpatrick uses a nonstandard calculation for earnings growth, which compares operating earnings over the last four fiscal quarters to total operating earnings for the four-quarter period ending one quarter earlier.
    Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • The oceanic pole of inaccessibility goes by a more colloquial name: Point Nemo.
    Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The term shart is a colloquial reference for a wet fart, or when watery stool accidentally slips out while passing gas.
    Cristina Mutchler, Health, 6 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Plus, over-the-top emergencies like dam breaks, earthquakes, tsunamis and a pirate attack on a cruise ship, at least when told in the procedural’s vernacular, are an escape from the more mundane horrors of daily life.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
  • If the substratum of the local and the vernacular is being erased in a metaphorical but also very literal sense by a voracious and extractive economic order, then the global subaltern’s rage must be given a voice and a place.
    Manuel Borja-Villel, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024

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“Dialectal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialectal. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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