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Tam argues that these speech forms are not just dialects but distinct languages, as different from one another as many of the languages spoken in Europe.Gina Anne Tam, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
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This system frees up space for speeches to be more interesting, as seen in Sheryl Lee Ralph’s musical interpolation of the acceptance-speech form.Vulture, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2022
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And so, while the two talked at and around Andy Warhol and to each other, Warhol sat with his tiny dachshund, Archie Bunker, in his lap and snapped the reporters’ pictures with his new Polaroid camera, answering direct questions with shrugs or vague monosyllables.Stephen Birmingham, Town & Country, 10 Aug. 2023
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Hearing this jab of monosyllables is like being poked in the eye.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
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Matriarch the book is going to expand and open new possibilities for the very meaning of the term ‘matriarch’ for readers everywhere.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Reselling tickets on secondary sites broke the terms and conditions put in place for the Oasis tour, a spokesperson for Live Nation and SJM told CNN.John Towfighi, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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