“I think I was positively creative in terms of my mental cruelty.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor, as it developed, would he make a dime off of them—in the short term, at least. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Three talents might as well be all the money in the world for any hope I had in earning it before the term began. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The official term for the practice was “gavage.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In terms of power, though, beauty is like glass, isn’t it? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I found that when I talked to them in abstract terms, my ideas were not understood. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The start of the summer term would normally have meant that Harry was training hard for the last Quidditch match of the season. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The public-relations hack for a security firm refers to the company’s activities in a press statement in terms of the way she thinks about them when selling them to potential clients. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

‘This isn’t much of a half term for you, is it?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

In briefest terms, the second law states that a little energy is always wasted. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth’s own favorite term for her profession was cryptanalyst, a word her husband invented. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was lucky that the owners of the two farms which adjoined Animal Farm were on permanently bad terms. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In scholastic terms this was a debate over the reliability of a posteriori reasoning; in our terms it is a debate over the evidence of things, or over Evidence-Indices. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

While other children of their age learned other things, Estha and Rahel learned how history negotiates its terms and collects its dues from those who break its laws. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ideally, it should be possible to formulate every scientific argument in syllogistic terms, a syllogism being, for example: All men are mortal. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was offering me the same terms of surrender he had offered my sister. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The dominant member, who is almost always a male, is termed the ‘alpha male’. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve talked it over with your grandma. She seemed to think it wasn’t a bad idea, as long as we got you back in time for the new school term.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Shorthand terms are unobjectionable, indeed indispensable, when a term has become entrenched in the community one is writing for. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Today’s lecture was on presidential sex scandals through history, and he texts Nora: numbers on one of us getting involved in a sex scandal before the end of second term? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Con spent many hours with the Fairy Queen, discussing the terms of a new treaty between their lands, for they both agreed that the time of isolation should end. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I told the woman for whom I was working, a Mrs. Bibbs, that I needed an allday job that would pay me enough money to buy clothes and books for the next school term. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Poaching and capturing a book are Book Scavenger terms. Doesn’t everyone in San Francisco play?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In terms of precipitation, she observes, Antarctica “is the driest large area on Earth, drier overall than any large desert.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He draws with confidence, thanks to the drafting course he is taking this term. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another way of making this argument is in terms of Popper’s three worlds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It's a term used when an accompanying child on an application turns twenty-one before the case has been approved. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Fish!” they’d bleat, using the chess player’s derisive term for a really weak player, whenever Bobby made an obvious blunder. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Such are the distances, in fact, that it isn’t possible, in any practical terms, to draw the solar system to scale. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It is a movement often labelled Romanticism, although, like the terms ‘Renaissance’, ‘Baroque’ and ‘Classical’, it presents considerable difficulties when applied to music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of the school term I read my civics and English and geography volumes through and only referred to them when in class. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not used to being touched, except by Peeta or my family, and I rank Gamemakers somewhere below maggots in terms of creatures I want in contact with my skin. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yet you yourself cling to it with your dirty hands. I shall not tarry here. My terms or nothing. Make your choice.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

First, in conceptual terms at least, there are the ‘simple machines’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It is simply a term. The ceilings would be ten feet high and be adorned with moldings and bosses. Plaster swags.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Harry had received no mail since the start of term; his only regular correspondent was now dead and although he had hoped that Lupin might write occasionally, he had so far been disappointed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve intentionally termed these three approaches strategies rather than writing systems. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In their fights over territories, gangs would have breakdancing battles to determine ownership—and that’s why the term battle still exists today. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But there’s no real term for it, and I sometimes think that makes the pain of losing her that much harder to reconcile. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It’s an adult term, and it’s disrespectful, and I’m more than two thirds adult and I’m pretty disrespectful, so what the hell. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, he had seldom received a mark lower than an A. In the seventh and eighth grades at St. Jude’s, he had received straight A's for two years except for a 5-plus one term. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those extra factors certainly matter in the long term. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The emissary brought a highly confidential order from Colonel Aureliano Buendía, who was not in agreement with the terms of the armistice. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Up to now he had been thinking only in temporary terms. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had no idea it was a medical term. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

These were not, however, the terms she would have chosen. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And, whatever its justification in terms of inmate penitence and self-reflection, the Frenchmen immediately appreciated the administrative power of the separate system. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go into detail about it because it’s pretty private stuff, but I will say that Brad assumed the role of the girl in terms of where you put things. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The evil Clyde has in vengeance given me a route that is a “White Elephant,” a term which he once applied to me during the course of one of our business conferences. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

More and more, in very general terms, I’d been thinking about my own death. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

In principle any theory could be saved by redefining terms in this way; but the enterprise would be pointless. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

These have been dealt with, when they have been dealt with at all, out of necessity—and in political terms, anyway, necessity means concessions made in order to stay on top. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The most obvious explanation of the red shift was in terms of the Doppler effect: the galaxies were receding from us; the more distant the galaxy the greater its speed of recession. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if I don’t have your money at the end of the term? What then?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were one grade below me, but in terms of popularity they were three grades above me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But if I were to take it, I’d also need to operate from a position of strength, on terms that worked for my family. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For example, a previously unknown fever termed O’nyong-nyong fever appeared in East Africa in 1959 and proceeded to infect several million Africans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In terms of our earlier distinction, they got us from the short run to the long run. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It'll keep warm enough to operate in the short term, and it doesn't need air for anything. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Staring nastily around at them all, he informed them that he would be testing them on poison antidotes during the last lesson of the term. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The Basongye of Zaire have a broad conception of what music is, but no corresponding term. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s a very fine person. He said he’s been waiting all term for me to talk to him.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even though the bottoms of my jeans were still damp from the snow, I accepted her terms and conditions and crawled under the covers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In terms of the application process, the admissions director and I both felt it within our right to hold the interview off-site at August’s home for reasons that are obvious. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Human history at last took off around 50,000 years ago, at the time of what I have termed our Great Leap Forward. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

One option—the one most frequently adopted—was to continue to use the terms of Latin origin: ‘natural philosophy’ and ‘natural philosopher’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As you learn to master the core material for your career, you might also be ready to find your moorings in terms of your professional self. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Cyclic Form — There are two very different uses of this term. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The government offered very generous terms and incentives to relocate to the big towns, mortgages and tax relief. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In mathematical terms, we are barely scratching the surface of our lives at this point. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But Newton’s genius involved defining these terms rigorously and linking them to each other via a nest of equations—thereby launching the science of mechanics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The rest of the final term passed in a haze of blazing sunshine. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We were on good terms with Mr. Richards, the landlord, so even if we had to have him come back the next week for the rent, he didn’t mind. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Popular music is also a general term for any type of music that is or has been a top seller. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Galen defines hot or cold in the patient in simple terms: a hot patient is one who is hotter than the physician’s hand. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“And where did you get that term from?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

At the time, I'd never heard of the term "Social Security number." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because he really needed the gunpowder or perhaps because he had to stay on friendly terms with Morris, the financial genius of the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand, thinking how it wasn’t an accident at all and how “suicide victim” is an interesting term. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like the term Native American any more than my mother did. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The second section of this first draft that Washington sent to Hamilton focused on the foreign policy issues that had dominated his second term. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was keenly aware of the fact that I needed to hoard my resources to save for next term’s tuition. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The castle was not ready for a siege—but if it could be got ready, there would be a fair prospect of making terms with the besiegers, considering that the Queen would be inside. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

To explain the intersection of genetics, natural selection, and evolution in formal terms, Dobzhansky resurrected two important words—genotype and phenotype. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Since each of these intervals is so many 11times11 in terms of frequencies, when you add intervals, you multiply their frequencies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

How do you come to terms with the fact that you can’t set something right? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In terms of the size of assets, the bank’s failure was second largest in U.S. history. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Towards the end of term he had a flare-up of asthma and wandered wheezing around the house in pajamas and bathrobe, hair standing on end, gasping theatrically at his inhaler. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

However, the term “egalitarian” should not be taken to mean that all band members are equal in prestige and contribute equally to decisions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lucky has become such a relative term, when the standards to meet it involve only not being treated like a criminal in your own home city. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Still, the scores can help or hurt an individual tribute in terms of sponsorship. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It is a term that should never have been foisted on me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was their property, heart and soul, body and blood; what they did claimed every atom of him, sleeping and waking; it colored life and dictated the terms of death. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I associated less and less with my classmates, for their talk was now full of the schools they planned to attend when the term was over. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Reggie was coming to terms with his actions at the time of the accident, there was plenty of reason to think the plea was just expediency. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Once term had started, they were back to skimming through books for ten minutes during their breaks. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Early in Barack’s second term, we’d added a new puppy to the household—Sunny—a free-spirited rambler who seemed to see no point in being house-trained, given how big her new house was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Also, Dewey found the self-consciously casual conversation of his fellow witnesses, as they stood awaiting the start of what one witness termed “the festivities,” disconcerting. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some players at the Manhattan Chess Club began huffing that he was a meshuggener—a Yiddish term of disparagement suggesting he was “a little crazy.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dealing with this system on its own terms is complicated by the problem of denial. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was a little puzzled as to how this Mr Andrews had come to hear of my 'mishap', as he termed it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“They want me to take over when the winter term starts on January second.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In terms of analysis, solfege instantly informs the listener or singer which lines of music are the same and helps them compare and contrast each line rather quickly! Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The Trials of Arabella may have been a melodrama, but its author had yet to hear the term. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Still, the hardest code-breaking work remained hers, due to what she modestly termed her “greater experience.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The new term would begin in two weeks. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I guess, in terms of mountains, it was a small one, but it looked plenty huge as we were driving toward it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I shed my guilt when I accepted my decision on its own terms, without endlessly prosecuting old grievances, without weighing his sins against mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

North Korea announced a new policy of harsh punishment for illegal border crossings, with prison terms of up to five years. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The tug-maker’s letter, he complained, framed the boat question solely in terms of moving the greatest number of passengers between different points at the exposition as cheaply and quickly as possible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In formal terms, the scientific panel would have the opportunity to give its advice on any subject brought before the interim committee. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

‘So-called’ is apologetic; even stranger is his insistence that the term is already in popular use. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I go to a Web site for a trusted-traveler program and have to decide whether to click on GOES, Nexus, GlobalEntry, Sentri, Flux, or FAST—bureaucratic terms that mean nothing to me. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

They came to terms, and a moment later they walked to the stage, applauded by the journalists and well-wishers who’d been waiting patiently. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Dance terms,” Rex says, smiling a huge smile from a mouth that isn’t as bright as Mark’s or Marc’s but looks, instead, like it enjoys seven or eight hoagies per weekend. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Clearly this was not satisfactory either for keyboard tuners or composers, who were in practical terms restricted to certain keys. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And next it is two months later, near the end of the fall term, and the station wagon is climbing the hill to my no-longer-brand-new school. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, by terming it a 'problem', I perhaps overstate the matter. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the first day of my first term I set out by taxi in the afternoon with my mother to catch the paddle-steamer from Cardiff Docks to Weston-super-Mare. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to this book, I’m supposed to be caught in a whirlwind of teenage emotions, laughing one minute, crying the next, zooming around on a roller coaster, which is their term. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1996, Quotesmith.com became the first of several websites that enabled a customer to compare, within seconds, the price of term life insurance sold by dozens of different companies. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I guess that in terms of grades I was just as consistent as Lynn was, which, when you thought about it, was surely something to be proud of Lynn got straight A’s. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Breaking and entering with the intent to commit theft. What do you call that, Tag? In legal terms?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Here, I thought, was a way of learning correct pronunciation of all those archaic terms. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And every single one of the guys developed a massive crush on her, including Jim; She was actually the one who gave him the nickname Anorak,’ a British slang term for an obsessive geek. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

NOTE: Although a large group of people who play classical music together is often called a symphony, the more accurate term for the group is orchestra. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Like household cleanser, the term had a dozen different uses in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go. Do not be late for work or I will keep you polishing bottles and grinding ore for another term.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was another option, which was to use an existing phrase that avoided the term ‘philosophy’—‘natural science’—and this usage was common in the seventeenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

By including the Madison draft of 1792, he advertised his reluctance to serve even his second term, thereby enhancing the credibility of his voluntary rejection of a third. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

January began my last term at Stuyvesant, and I wanted desperately to make it important even as the other students were just as eager to say that the senior year was not at all significant. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was not a term that she had ever learned. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

What could be happening in there, now that for the first time animals and human beings were meeting on terms of equality? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In the best faith in the world, the Laughing Man agreed to these terms. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m lucky. We received a letter this morning that snows in the mountains prevented Hollin from coming home. He’s stuck at school until after his spring term, and he’s beside himself.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The term ‘relativism’ is contentious, but I use it, rather than ‘constructivism’, because I want to refer to those who hold that reality does not constrain the beliefs we can hold about the real world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Jealousy rose in me like a pain as I heard them talking terms. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They use terms like “germline mosaicism,” “chromosome rearrangement,” or “delayed mutation” to explain why their science is not an exact science. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The term improvisation is often misunderstood to mean, “making something up on the spot.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The cell enlarges, begins making new DNA at a great rate, and turns into what is termed, appropriately, a blast. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Technology’s history exemplifies what is termed an autocatalytic process: that is, one that speeds up at a rate that increases with time, because the process catalyzes itself. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Those opening words look like an ascending tricolon—a set of three terms, increasing in force—though they are a special and subtle case of it. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In terms of evidence gained from animal experiments we shall see that five or possibly six of the pesticides must definitely be rated as carcinogens. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

With some alternation of terms, some toning down, the passage could describe the building of a termite nest. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If war were inevitable, we wanted the fight to be conducted on terms most favorable to our people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fall term settled into a comfortable pattern after that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You spoke of terms. What sort of terms?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One afternoon near the end of term, when I was eating lunch in the library cafeteria, I recognized a group of students from my program. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She started organizing information into carefully labeled folders: one about cells, another about cancer, another full of definitions of legal terms like statute of limitations and patient confidentiality. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Still and all, he got better terms at the store than most, on account of my daddy, and Papa helped out some with cash money. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He was, in truth, more of a Renaissance man than a modern scientist, and still thought in terms of vital forces, an abstract conception of perfection and spirits that kept the body alive. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Those were the only two trading terms she had learned. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mendel termed these overriding traits dominant, while the traits that had disappeared were termed recessive. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Good cover story. Did you call it needle phobia or aichmophobia? Because both terms can be used to describe the extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Like most wealthy white Southerners, her employers no doubt felt genuine affection for Ann and her children, and, if asked, they probably would have termed their relationship “close.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A controversial minority view is that of the linguist Joseph Greenberg, who groups all Native American languages other than Eskimo-Aleut and Na-Dene languages into a single large family, termed Amerind, with about a dozen subfamilies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The experience is understood to define the terms of one’s relationship not only to the state but to society at large. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The political consensus that had held together during Washington’s first term, and had then begun to fragment into Federalist and Republican camps over the Whiskey Rebellion and Jay’s Treaty, broke down completely in 1797. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I mean in terms of running the ship.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the more historically correct reality was that no one quite knew what the Republican triumph meant in positive terms for the national government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

How we balance the tension between the short-term demands of our reptilian senses—run!—and our longer- term desires, goals, and commitments that we try to set with the more evolved parts of our brains. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

No one knows who coined the term, but it fit, and the Montauk became the first building to be called a skyscraper. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He was on good terms with the British grooms and by great good luck, from the point of view of a spy system, intimate with the Colonel’s horse boy, Dove. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Means you’re living for your own best interests. On your own terms.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, we tend to judge children’s art according to the same criteria as adult art, only in appropriately simpler terms, and with good reason. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other missionaries to Kilanga had long since expired their terms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I strongly urged that we should at once pool all our information, work together on equal terms, and share the results, if any, equally between us,” Churchill said of the meeting. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

So even if we are not really alone, in all practical terms we are. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When they come, it will be on their own terms, not because I've let them know my whereabouts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the other, increased advocacy is required in order to justify music’s existence and terms of benefits to the child amidst the threat of constant budget cuts. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Me, Jason, Piper. I’m not psyched about seeing Mr. D again. That guy is a pain. But, Jason, if you’re on better terms with him—” “Yeah,” Jason said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I told the crowd in no uncertain terms that apartheid had no future in South Africa, and that the people must not let up their campaign of mass action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boys will say amongst themselves that so-and-so has a nice rack, while girls will more likely say that a boy is cute, a term that describes both physical and emotional characteristics. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was staggering to contemplate the accrued tales of dysfunction, pain, and violence that had preceded these prison terms—and, frankly, easier not to. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe that falls under the terms of disownment.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And the term crazy arrives at us with none of the terror and worry you live with. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The silence ended during the early months of John F. Kennedy’s presidential term. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Nature” was God’s creation—and to be safely consistent with Christian doctrine, natural historians had to tell the story of nature in terms of Genesis. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Shrewdly, they try to shift the terms of the argument to more congenial rhetorical ground—an approach that will force the friars to treat them as equals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The truth is, we have both had to make compromises that cost us sleep at night in order to afford us enough time to share our relationship with the world on our own terms. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After the terms of the Allotment Act were agreed upon, in 1906, Palmer boasted to Congress, “I wrote that Osage agreement out in longhand.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I think the technical term is ye olden days.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’d heard him called “the Perfessor” by various semiliterate wags about town in tones that might have been termed faintly derisive. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Groves’s order to freeze the calutron design was honored only in the most general terms, and then only for the very first units to be shipped for installation at Oak Ridge. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I wonder if old people ever look back on their lives and see it in terms of seasons. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“All right, dear, well, have a good term — send me an owl when you get there.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Because equal temperament is now so widely accepted as standard tuning, musicians do not usually even speak of intervals in terms of ratios. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Greek term for more than one voice line singing together is polyphonic: many voices. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

"Unbreakable until the terms of the spell are concluded." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The branches of the old trees, which had been familiar to me either half-denuded or completely gaunt during the winter terms at Devon, now seemed about to break from their storms of leaves. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I had to pay up, which according to the terms of the bet meant I had to clothe their nakedness. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the very look of the man’s eyes Bigger saw his own personality reflected in narrow, restricted terms. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This shouldn’t take long. I swear to your terms!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the throng of the winter terms at Devon we were at opposite extremities of the class, and to me there only came the disliked edge of Quackenbush’s reputation. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

First of all, there is a large body of what might be termed “nontechnology,” impossible to measure in terms of its capacity to alter either the natural course of disease or its eventual outcome. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weightlessness might be good for the body in terms of comfort, but it was thought to be harmful to the heart, muscles, and skeleton. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns his head to look at me and I can see him trying to come to terms with just how sick I am. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was not saved by these efforts, though, but by a curious stipulation in the terms laid down by Henry Lucas for his eponymous chair. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

In the first class Teacher Zhang had told us that in order to integrate all aspects of our study with the revolution and to prepare for war, we would learn military and political terms first. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new racial order, known as Jim Crow—a term apparently derived from a minstrel show character—was regarded as the “final settlement,” the “return to sanity,” and “the permanent system.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ecology was a sober, industrious science here long ago, decades before the rest of us discovered the term. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I approached, I saw that my dear philosophe spake in terms of remonstration to the Serjeant, which officer protested their presence on the ship. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I was used to sleeping outside, and I knew I would need to save my three talents for clothes, food, paper, and next term’s tuition. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mo was still thinking of Inkheart; he couldn’t come to terms with losing it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was one thing for her to have known him as a child; it was another for her to come to terms with the nature of his adult wounds. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, the term “graphic art,” which designates drawings and prints, comes from the Greek word for writing, graphos. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clary—now married and a father—was ordered back to prison to complete his ten-year term. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve held office a long time. About one more term will be enough. You know, young woman, if this were fifteen years back I’d do some checking, and I guess I’d find something pretty nasty.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are some others, however, those Hoggart pejoratively terms ‘scholarship boys,’ for whom success comes with special anxiety. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had needed something that would explain Freud’s technical terminology, that would clarify the various shades of meaning the German words had—and he had found this dictionary of psychological terms. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Neither the idea of atoms nor the term itself was exactly new. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The first week of the new term set the tone for the whole year. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And anyway, terms like homosexual or heterosexual made no sense if you didn’t identify as one gender or another. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The crooked, cobbled street was much altered now from the bustling place Harry had visited before his first term at Hogwarts so many years before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My mind kept turning over the reality that Barack’s term as president was almost finished. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They were looking for a way to pass me, and if I had passed the end terms, they moved me on. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

On the day before we left, I took a note from my mother to Miss Williams, explaining my absence for the rest of the term. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Technically she was an elf, fairy being a general term. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The term black hole is of very recent origin. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We ought to be hammering out the terms of an alliance, not trading taunts." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A failure to distinguish these senses, and to ask which of them the first users of the term ‘the Scientific Revolution’ had in mind, has caused a tremendous amount of confusion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We must think of art not in terms of everyday prose but of poetry, which is free to rearrange conventional vocabulary and syntax in order to convey new, often multiple, meanings and moods. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terms favored in this course are mostly those in common use in the U.S., but when more than one system of terms is widely used, the alternatives are mentioned. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Jack Livingood put Lawrence’s lament to Boyce in graphic terms that his mentor never would have used: “We felt like kicking each other’s butts.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Marcy does make it clear that her relationship with her former husband is on his terms. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I am glad to recommend him in highest terms as a man of great intellectual caliber and of fine character and personality. There can be no question as to his integrity.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I had been counting the days before the new term began. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, Miche,” he said, speaking as he often did, in basketball terms. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I nod with fervor because pared down to those terms, I understand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Since limits are logically airtight, by defining a derivative in terms of limits, it becomes airtight as well—and puts calculus on a solid foundation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Luckily her tongue got stuck and her mother replied, “Um—we don’t think—quite in those terms.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her father insisted she try it for one term before she could quit. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thou art more lovely and more temperate in terms of sheer beauty. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Roy wondered if this was a kidnapping, in the legal sense of the term. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father had clearly, in no uncertain terms, told me to stop building rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I figure I have all term to work on it so I can do what Mr. Van Deusen suggested: write down whatever, then go back and tighten it up before I turn it in. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

My parents didn't have life insurance, or much in terms of a savings account. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Even so, even taken on their own terms, his statements were, surely, far too idealistic, far too theoretical, to deserve respect. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I explain that I like to see space in terms of triangles, and he listens for a while and then laughs. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

By the time Uncle Kufa returned several hours later, the madness had lifted and everyone was on speaking terms again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In simplest terms, what the equation says is that mass and energy have an equivalence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But if you approach the warder in your corridor, and you are on good terms with him, he will simply go to the stockroom and fetch a blanket. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I doubt its end will be so happy for us. All we can do is find our friends and make sure we die on our own terms.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The “action” of a gene is described in mechanistic terms: genes encode chemical messages to build proteins that ultimately enable form and function. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Our illustrious Elector Primo had just accepted another four-year presidential term. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Hijabis was a sort of colloquial term some people used to describe girls who wore hijab. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Today, the term Hellenistic retains an unfocused, wishy-washy feel, if not a whiff of outright condescension. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

He told Americans that his preference was to complete the term to which he’d been elected, but that he longer had enough support to continue. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

For four days in February 1962, Donovan shuttled between West Berlin and East Berlin, carrying messages between the two sides and carefully negotiating the terms of release. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A new term began to make the rounds in policy circles, the press, and private conversation: the missile gap. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I get off my bike and either refuse to make further use of their company or act as if I’m insulted and tell them in no uncertain terms to go on home without me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And it is this new form of life that has grown up here in our midst that puzzles us, that expresses itself, like a weed growing from under a stone, in terms we call crime. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The term, after all, is not found in every society. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph Hooper had spent that part of his childhood before school, and between terms, in this house, and he did not like it, he had unhappy memories of Warings. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There was also something in it for them, at least in the short term. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I was in my fifteenth year; in terms of schooling I was far behind the average youth of the nation, but I did not know that. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were men of high standing and the regent received them courteously, but not obsequiously; he treated them on equal terms, as they did him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In terms of mutual interests, I figured we could spend the rest of our lives discussing how much we hated the aforementioned characteristics. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Even though the terms themselves go to zero, they don’t approach zero fast enough. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A subtler expression of this geographically varying ease of spread is the phenomenon termed preemptive domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of the term, Teacher called the roll and asked each child her lineage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until Biafra won, the vandals would no longer dictate the terms of her life. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You trounced me these last two terms, I was bound to catch a break sooner or later. I got five talents even this term.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Shoveling railroad snow. Well that makes sense, we always did that the first term.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bishop is an important job, but perhaps not as significant as the term bishop might communicate to people of other faiths. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

With the later rise of genetics, the explanations were recast once again, in genetic terms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The term ‘law’ implies unbroken regularity, with no exceptions, but nothing is conveyed about causation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She had the run of the ship, from the engine room to the bridge, and she was soon on first-name terms with all the crew. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then remove the next term: subtract 1/4, leaving 1/4 behind. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I guess you could call it a "failure," but I prefer the term "learning experience." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

During her two terms on the school board she had gotten more than her fill of sports, and she wondered what good high school football did for the kids who played it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one thematic string we have terms like criminals, criminal warfare, crime, fun, profit, gangs, mafias, thugs, mercenaries, troublemakers, preys on the weak, executioners, violence, desertion, flight, whim, opportunity, and run. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon of November 28, the last practice day of the fall term, the freshmen took one final, frigid workout. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was a term applied to something alien, yet beloved. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the term "his man," it can mean you are the servant, or chattel, of that person. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Identify the intervals below in terms of half steps and whole steps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“To the pain means this: if we duel and you win, death for me. If we duel and I win, life for you. But life on my terms.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In adopting the term ‘theory’ the scientists were thus freeing themselves from the philosophers’ preoccupation with truth in so far as it implied knowledge of causes and of what Aristotelian philosophers called substances, or forms. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Because the term white crime lacks social meaning, the term white criminal is also perplexing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In financial terms, it was pretty starkly going to be a clash of old money versus no money at all. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Overnight, being a member of the ANC had become a felony punishable by a term in jail and a fine. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Due to my general aversion to machines and a few pronounced episodes of screaming, I was labeled a technophobe, a term that ranks fairly low on my scale of fightin’ words. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There was no time for lighthearted teasing about Shadrach Yale now that the winter term of school was over. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those are much cheaper, and it could work in the short term if I can save up enough for lessons. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Inside the courtroom, reporters discussed the best terms to use when describing Sasha. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I came across the term while reading and I didn’t fully understand it.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

At least that’s how he came to terms with all of this later on, in a rational way. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had never thought of them in terms of a language used by God to indicate what he should do. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d made my way into the Arcanum in three days instead of the usual three terms. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

How do they come to terms with something tragic, dissonant, dangerous, contrary to their long-term interests, their safety, the interests of their children? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Note that the term phrase refers to the music, while line refers to the lyrics or poem. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

As the story of sixteen-year-old West Springfield native Rashad Butler develops, the city seems to be split in terms of which side of the argument they fall on in this case. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He took a while in Jajas room, though; I knew he was looking through each individual subject score, checking to see if any had decreased by one or two marks since last term. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hall’s easygoing facade masked an intense desire to succeed—which he defined in the fairly simple terms of getting as many clients as possible to the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

For the well-to-do Viennese of the late-eighteenth century onwards, however, including composers like Haydn and Mozart, using the terms ‘gypsy’, ‘Hungarian’ or ‘Turkish’ was like saying ‘random foreign music by poor people’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t, like Feral, almost all the way over the line into adulthood, but all the way over it: a man in no uncertain terms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Poaching and capturing a book are Book Scavenger terms. Doesn’t everyone in San Francisco play?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The term World Music is often used as a catch-all category referring to almost any music with widespread popularity that clearly does not sound like North American popular music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

A billion of them sold before his second term was over. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There was a kind of absolute truth in that, something he needed to come to terms with. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In terms of a spreading epidemic, Farmer and Goldfarb knew this was a nightmare. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It was a point of pride for me that almost every year in primary school, I won the trophy for first place at the end of the term. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now my body is accustomed to the extreme environment and weather, but my heart has never come to terms with the absence of those we have lost. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that the English-language human term you will call me, Earthling?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually it only served to widen it, primarily because of the terms of the new law covering fugitive slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

How dare scum dictate terms to the captain! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After some spirited bargaining, I gave her the loden-stone and a single talent in order to wipe out my extremely short term loan of twenty talents. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The consequences of resistance in terms of malaria and other diseases are indicated by reports from many parts of the world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ferguson twenty years later, the Court unanimously upheld Alabama's restrictions on interracial sex and marriage and affirmed the prison terms imposed on Tony Pace and Mary Cox. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Instead of borrowing Egyptian terms, the Greeks preferred to revive abandoned Greek ones. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“That’s the whatchamacallit—you know, the . . . the thing, it’s a chemistry term, when you put something into a rest tube that starts everything else in to bubbling and smoking—” “A catalyst.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t thinking in these larger terms as I drove “up the river” at dawn on that Monday in late April, my first day at Sing Sing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of acknowledging that he was choosing loyalty to party over loyalty to Adams—for Jefferson, ideology was trumping intimacy—he preferred to cast his decision in personal terms. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

This would prevent defeat in the short term, but at a substantial cost. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was donning the heavy space gloves in preparation for his term of duty here, and his thick eyebrows drew close together. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

For two days I tried to wrestle meaning from the textbook’s dense passages, but terms like “civic humanism” and “the Scottish Enlightenment” dotted the page like black holes, sucking all the other words into them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think ‘excited’ is the best term for how I’m feeling,” I reply. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

You were also free to bribe a sea captain to return you to England before the terms of your transportation were over and done. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

If there was one term that summed up the new science for those who were involved in constructing it, it was not ‘evidence’ but ‘experience’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He had been afraid of coming to terms with himself, of admitting the whole truth. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There were, as well, several terms, stone satyrs in the brambles. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet I came to use these terms with ease. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Musicians have terms that they use to describe tones. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Michael Sandler,” he said, “I didn’t say ‘export’ and yet you used the right term. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Fine, Brother, fine. In fact, I thought ... I mean, I was aiming for high honors this term. But now, this F ...” “I know,” the teacher said, shaking his head sorrowfully, in commiseration. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in practical terms, concerted cultivation has enormous advantages. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In a way, I wish I didn’t read about his jail term in the local paper. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

You may notice that there are quite a few terms for slowing down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But that year the significance of the new law was brought home to her, in terms of people. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The term hate crime was coined in response to what was described at the time as an “epidemic” of neo-Nazi and skinhead violence, although in retrospect it’s unclear whether any such epidemic existed. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There is, even within the English-speaking world, quite a variety of music teaching traditions, which sometimes use different terms for the same concepts. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We had several dramatic encounters that first term. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But though Netscape may have been only a shooting star in commercial terms, what a star it was, and what a trail it left. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even our mother, who is not on the best of terms with Jesus just now, still draws the line at marching into His house toting ammunition. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had I been thinking only in terms of myself, maybe I would have chosen steady gambling as a hustle. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

This shocked the three-judge panel, who warned us in direst terms about the dangers of conducting our own defense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the short term, siblings are at best a hassle and at worst a terror. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Now that a few years have gone by, I want to see the city again for myself and come to terms with the site of my personal horror. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea what I needed in terms of support. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And what they termed ‘ ‘the true knowledge of the black man’ ’ that was possessed by the followers of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad was given shape for me in their lengthy letters, sometimes containing printed literature. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abstruse calculations, geometric forms and algebraic terms, unusual correlations—all have been used to adorn the silliest drivel. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chicano, the Spanish word, was a term lower-class Mexican-Americans had long used to name themselves. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he entered the search term “AIDS” into a computer, thousands of studies came up. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The term ‘natural philosophy’ is not unproblematic for the period before 1650. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Your American terms are so quaint, so expressive,” he said. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, they called the city Rhakotis, which might refer to some preexisting Egyptian village on that location, or derive from the term ra-qed, the generic term for “building site.” Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Gender, a grammatical term for “kind,” describes the ways some languages categorize nouns and pronouns as masculine, feminine, or neuter. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was not the first time he had made such a cradle, and it was not the first time he had heard the term Star Child, though he did not know what it meant. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

At the same time, however, Sister and Father were highly formal terms of address— they were tides, marks of formality like a salute or a curtsey. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Words had to be added for new weapons, military terms, and situations of war. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he says anything at all, even a simple thing about a car or a plumbing repair, it tends to come out like this—in terms that can be interpreted as sacred. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d been too young back then to truly appreciate the severity of things like terms and conditions, and only after Baba had died had the terrible reality shown its true face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Aside from its rocky start, my first term went fairly . smoothly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was the “acting like a lady” term of the equation that was so vexing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“The classes that I want you to pick up will be with me. You will probably be taking three or four classes with me per term for the rest of your time here.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The musical term for the secret guiding sequences in fourteenth-century composition is isorhythm, and the pieces that employed it are among the most complex musical structures ever attempted. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In terms of a unique ingredient for a cupcake, that's hard! From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The efforts by Bush and Conant yielded little in terms of policy movement. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Only priests and fools are fearless, and I’ve never been on the best of terms with God.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bunderson began by asking Dr. Strayer whether a “significantly greater risk,” which is a relative term, implied that it was a “substantial risk,” which is a more objective term. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was super smart, but he wanted to live his life on his own terms. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He pronounced "incorrect" as though the term described the most heinous crime imaginable, and I stared at him open-mouthed, feeling a vague guilt. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, let’s start off with 2, and subtract the terms of the sum, one by one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Comparisons of terms for plants in southern Nigerian languages of the Niger-Congo family show that the words fall into three groups. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought we weren’t starting crystal balls until next term,” Ron muttered, casting a wary eye around for Professor Trelawney, in case she was lurking nearby. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Father said, “The fighting has stopped, but they haven’t settled the peace terms yet. That’s what John Adams and some of the other men are doing in Paris now, talking over the peace terms.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their platform rested on the term baasskap, literally boss-ship, a freighted word that stood for white supremacy in all its harshness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see from your expression that you have heard the term. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was like a man who had served a term in prison or had been to Harvard College or had lived for a long time with foreigners in South America. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The term informed consent first appeared in court documents in 1957, in a civil court ruling on the case of a patient named Martin Salgo. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The racism and repression were the same; I would simply have to fight on different terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I would remain until the ninth grade term had ended. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the bell rang for the last time, and Madam Maryam announced it was the end of the term; but unlike in other years, no date was announced for the start of the next term. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The irksome security provisions of May-Johnson were liberalized, with penalties reduced to maximum fines of $20,000 and prison terms of up to five years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

That “heroic theory of invention,” as it is termed, is encouraged by patent law, because an applicant for a patent must prove the novelty of the invention submitted. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The room had been used the winter before by a teacher who had been hired for the three winter months, a term during which Jethro had gone to school for only a few days. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

My conception of the world, of life, was wholly in racial terms; and that conception was not mine alone. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s my friend Ron’s mother, she was meeting him off the Hog — off the school train at the end of last term.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I win the first game, I let him win the second: I still haven’t discovered what the terms are, what I will be able to ask for, in exchange. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, I believe there may not be any single formulation of the fundamental theory any more than, as Godel showed, one could formulate arithmetic in terms of a single set of axioms. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after, Jones sat down and dictated notes about Henrietta and her diagnosis: “Her history is interesting in that she had a term delivery here at this hospital, September 19, 1950,” he said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Most people would have termed her a splendid woman of her age: and so she was, no doubt, physically speaking; but then there was an expression of almost insupportable haughtiness in her bearing and countenance. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then Joe would go home and find his seventh grader on the World Wide Web researching a term paper, using open protocols, and looking at the holdings of some art museum in France. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

By the end of the month, James Madison was writing James Monroe in Paris: “It is pretty certain that the President will not serve beyond his present term.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s a term chefs use to describe the texture of the pasta. You want it to still be a little firm when you bite into it.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He became a college dropout, though nongraduate may be the more precise term. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

We stood at attention as he told us that the work we would be doing would last six months and afterward we would be given light tasks for the duration of our terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called it “descent with modification,” and he used the term “natural selection” for the mechanism of change. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of these terms are pretty complicated, though, so if you have any problems, just text me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I accepted this explanation for much of Bunny’s crabbiness at the end of the term, which subsequently I was to find was due to entirely different reasons. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The first term passed in a flurry of dinners and late-night parties, punctuated by even later nights in the library. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The writer went on to describe, in precise terms that only a spy would understand, procedures for a dead drop in Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We handed in our keys and throughout the remaining six weeks of the term we went very hungry. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, the Treasury could only arrange better terms for her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was careful not to use scary military terms such as virus amplification, lethal chain of transmission, crash and bleed, or major pucker factor. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word group, for instance, is a term used to describe everything from a basketball team to the Teamsters Union, from two couples on a holiday to the Republican Party. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although it was an affectionate term, to a teenager it could be considered an insult. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the various naming systems may use the same terms to mean different things, so even a list of basic terms is a bit confusing. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Law students had started arriving for short term internships, which provided us with additional legal assistance and critically needed investigative help. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The police have no comment, but if you’re just joining us, Inside News has learned that the Angels’ deaths have been termed ‘suspicious.’ Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The reconciliation between genetics and evolution was termed the Modern Synthesis or, grandly, the Grand Synthesis.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

We defined the issues in terms of developing legal doctrine and establishing legal precedent; our clients became important, but secondary, players in a formal arena that required lawyers to translate lay claims into technical speech. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was a well-known fact that Ambrose had botched the arithmetic portion of his admissions last term. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The goal was not necessarily to change Comptons mind, for he was likely to hold a positive view of Lawrence’s project anyway, but to encourage him to express his opinion in especially forceful terms. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Fancy mathematical terms and reams of statistical correlations and computer printouts do not in themselves produce understanding, social scientists’ claims notwithstanding. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing about the people at the Chthonian, they all seemed able to say just what they felt and meant in hard, clear terms. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was actually used as evidence to support the notion that the extinction of dinosaurs was swift and emphatic–and so it was in geological terms. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t think of my brothers in terms of close or not close—we just are. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Forgive me! Of course you need to know the terms. I am utterly hopeless with numbers, but Lord Ashton drew this up for your perusal before he left for business this morning.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“In terms of text messaging, this is the first,” Dr. Strayer answered. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But I am sure it’s a vulgar term, and the way Billy Martin used it was unforgivable. People like Billy Martin are the reason Glenn Burke never got the high five he deserved.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Something pretty bad is on its way because with each step Tatica takes, the pain roils in her gut, trouble coming to full term. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

No organization came close to Langley in terms of the quality and range of wind tunnel research data and analysis. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In time, the Alabama Supreme Court interpreted the term environment to include the womb and the term child to include a fetus. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Soundmark: This term is inspired by the word “landmark” and refers to the sound unique to an area. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I liked researching Nazis as much as the next war historian, but I would never use the term as a nickname. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

For the last ten days Dussel hasn’t been on speaking terms with Mr. van Daan, and all because of the new security measures since the break-in. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In the short term it would help to provide a solution to the puzzle of the Michelson-Morley experiments in that it demonstrated that light needn’t be a wave after all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I knew that when next term’s tuitions were set, I would end up paying for my sudden, largely unexplained absence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was affection in his voice, and his use of the term “small one” brought sudden tears to Ranofer’s eyes, so vividly did he recall his father’s voice using that very endearment. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And though in terms of her work Justice is now one of Pikeville’s leading citizens, she is still troubled by the old doubts and insecurities. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But the curse of knowledge ensures that most writers will overestimate how standard a term has become and how wide the community is that has learned it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I never said there would be blood flowing in the streets,” he said, “but I used strong terms like ‘bloodbath’ to get people’s attention. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The industry term for this is "cross talk." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Lads, I’m in a betting mood. I’ll wager two jots that our young Kvothe makes it into the Arcanum before the end of his third term.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now I simply hoped it would be enough for one more term’s tuition and a bunk in the Mews. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“There is one more question I must ask you, M. MacQueen: were you on good terms with your employer?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of this century, for example, it was thought that everything could be explained in terms of the properties of continuous matter, such as elasticity and heat conduction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The former plants are termed self-incompatible hermaphrodites; the latter, dioecious species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Especially since He and I weren’t exactly on speaking terms these days. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The opposite, actually—since Tucker and I were no longer on speaking terms, Miles was the easiest person to be around. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Instead, too many textbooks still list names and terms, with few if any illustrations. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And my conclusion is,” he said, “since I had been in very good terms with Anne, that most parents don’t know really their children.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

No doubt, it was hard to come to public terms with my mother’s past employment at Joe’s strip club, but confronting it made me feel a certain degree of freedom. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was a moody, complicated man, possibly suffering from some degree of clinical depression, who found himself in possession of musical talents even he couldn’t quite come to terms with. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Some haven’t stayed their full term of posting, their full two years. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Southern colonies did not hesitate to invent ways to extend the terms of servitude, and the planter class accumulated uncultivated lands to restrict the options of free workers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

What was it to them if they had to go an extra term? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But as inmates swirled past on their way off the gallery, they looked to me, in terms of their gang allegiances, as undifferentiated as a great school of fish. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A subsidiary theme, also economic in character but implying grander suspicions, called for what he termed “settlement” to precede assumption. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Shay had wanted so much to keep her own face, to live on her own terms outside the city. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Select three of the terms from either list and give an example of how you might use that term to illustrate music concepts in addition to either a math or literacy concept. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Although they couldn’t talk in my terms, they had a language of their own that was easy to understand. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same terms used to identify vocal ranges are also often used to identify particular instruments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

To people accustomed to thinking of maize in terms of dark or light yellow kernels of corn on the cob, the variety in Mexican maize is startling. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

One would not specify the position of the moon in terms of miles north and miles west of Piccadilly Circus and feet above sea level. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In terms of mutual respect and admiration, their six children had been nothing more than a failed experiment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She’s staring at me again, though I got nothing in terms of a response. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

In my regular interactions at work or around town, I’d find myself casually uttering this strange new term—“my husband.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He’d watched the way she assessed the terms of their deal, probably finding a dozen loopholes to get herself out of it if things went wrong. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Under the hostile atmosphere at the time, he said, the judges might see fit to give us longer terms of imprisonment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In those days, no one thought in terms of one bomb destroying a whole city.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Springing a test on us on the last day. Ruining the last bit of term with a whole load of studying.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He said, “My judgment often fluctuates. Moreover whether a man deserves to be called a theist depends on the definition of the term: which is much too large a subject for a note.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And number nine was that Lakeside was willing to let those kids spend their spring term miles away, writing code. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Gradual changes in the basic tempo are also common in music, though, and these have their own set of terms. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Bill Clinton won overwhelmingly in Illinois and across the country, moving President Bush out of office after only one term. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Formally race-neutral devices were adopted to achieve the goal of an all-white electorate without violating the terms of the Fifteenth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It took the better part of an hour before the impossible became possible, and another hour before they could agree on terms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Had school officials been sincere about offering Minnijean the opportunity, they would have been clear about the terms for participating. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were controlled by “big men,” the social scientist’s term for the alpha male who is able in such informal settings to enforce his will through persuasion or force. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Each civilization had its own term for the People, but they were undoubtedly members of the same hidden family. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

If I worked like a dog for the remainder of the term I might be able to earn enough to eke out my interest to Devi and tuition as well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had begun to analyze the struggle in different terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, Greenberg recognized that all Niger-Congo languages of subequatorial Africa belong to a single language subgroup termed Bantu. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pro bono is a nifty term for “free.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And now that I am back in America, my attitude here concerning white people has to be governed by what my black brothers and I experience here, and what we witness herein terms of brotherhood. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the term ‘natural philosophy’ was unsatisfactory because it implied the new philosophy was rather like the old, that it had no practical application. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Still another problem must now be considered largely in terms of what we may logically suppose will happen in the future, because the studies that will disclose the facts are only beginning to be made. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In terms of real emotions, it’s worse than you think, but not by the clock. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout my time at the Clinic he had kept Chapter Eleven apprised of the situation in only the simplest terms. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The term, “relocation” abbreviated, was used as noun and verb to describe the nomadic lives of white-collar families employed by global companies. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

McMillan’s initial observations suggested that 94 would be exceptionally long lived, which was both a drawback and, in terms of the war effort, a virtue. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In our world, I rank music somewhere between hair ribbons and rainbows in terms of usefulness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

For a time, my nickname became “Mazobe,” a term for fair skin. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She was effectually prevented, but she wasn't on speaking terms with her family for several weeks. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The soldier is on friendlier terms than other men with his stomach and intestines. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I live that long. Some o’ my own will spit on me when they hear these terms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It’s years since I have heard the term. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, have you guys already forgotten everything you learned last term?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t do much boasting about himself—but by interpellating the crowd in particular terms, Antony is casting himself as one of their number.* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

More code-breaking adventures lay ahead of her—and from now on, she would do her best to set the terms. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We already know that 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, and so forth has a limit of zero; thus, as we subtract the terms from 2, we have nothing left. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The US Army’s Jupiter-C missile had been tested successfully on several occasions, and the Americans were ahead of the Russians in terms of the systems that guided missiles on their trajectories into space. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We were not yet ready to engage the enemy on its own terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the winter term, you will turn in your project. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

While I had made progress in terms of my opposition to communism, I still feared the influence of Indians. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t appear back home until two days before the fall term was to start at Emory. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last span of every term at the University was reserved for admissions exams. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“The Dauntless have the weirdest slang. Pansycake, Nose ... is there a term for the Candor?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Obviously writers cannot avoid abbreviations and technical terms altogether. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I hoped you would come to see that on your own terms.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Dr. Talc got up and began to look through piles of various antique term papers, reports, and examinations on the top of the bookcase. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scientists usually describe the distance between two pitches in terms of the difference between their frequencies35 . Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“But a little lacking in terms of sophistication. An ambush is so bourgeois.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

So while still at school during my last term, I signed up to spend August with something called ‘The Public Schools’ Exploring Society’. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the language of the day, they had “psychosis” and “severe neurosis”—terms that were sometimes applied to William, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Now, keep in mind that I hate hate hate using stereotypical terms like prep and preppie, but it is unavoidable. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Since music and language development have a high correlation in terms of development, it is helpful to know what activities children are developmentally ready for musically, and when are they ready for them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

One could of course adopt the term ‘progressivist’, but that would elide all the difficulties that are associated with the idea of progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They are trying to get me to come to terms with what happened there. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

For weeks, after the city and I came to terms about my belonging, I haunted the points of interest and found them empty and un-San Francisco. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His good humor disarmed them in the end, and they wound up spending the remainder of the summer on good terms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ida was more a member of the family than an employee and I called her Kgaitsedi, which means “Sister” and is a term of endearment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘These are the terms,’ said the Messenger, and smiled as he eyed them one by one. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Real estate term that refers to the position of a piece of real estate as it relates to the value of that real estate. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

If I am and the SIM find out, they’ll make me carry it to full term, then give it to some childless general’s wife like the story Magdalena told me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paragraphs glitter with a constellation of terms like creativity and originality. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went to check out Harvard but was disheartened when an admissions officer pointedly harassed her about her father’s politics, when all she wanted was to be taken on her own terms. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the long term, the speech set Johnson’s presidency on a muddy mountainside. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Halfway through October came their first trip of the term to Hogsmeade. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now Wes’s mind wandered to the long term for the first time. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Also, some musicians use the term overtones as a synonym for harmonics. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Then said the Great Gamelegs at last: “No more; you offer terms I cannot well refuse.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps it is time we talked of terms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A majority of art is initially conceived in terms of contour line. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Great gods, of course! He talks of her in terms of the deepest respect.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

They didn’t know how to get their way, or how to “customize”—using Lareau’s wonderful term—whatever environment they were in, for their best purposes. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It was Mandana who begged and pleaded with her to carry my mom to term. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Most schools promised terms appropriate for any new assistant professor of English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked on in silence for a bit, trying, I guessed, to come to terms with this idea. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Colored was not a derogatory term—certainly not at the turn of the twentieth century. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Instead, tuning itself is now defined in terms of equal-temperament, with tunings and intervals measured in cents. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Other terms seem to be introduced with no rationale other than that they look impressive when printed in boldface type inside a little box in the middle of the page. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all of these terms refer to two or more independent, simultaneous melodies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The point is that the peroration shapes the impression— intellectually, yes, but above all in terms of emotion or tone— with which the audience comes away from your speech. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Wood sought Harry out on the night before term started. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Without exaggeration, UOCI’s Patrick Wallace called her the “leading spokesman for the poor in terms of problems with public and private housing.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

So much for what Marx termed the “reproduction of labor power,” meaning the things a worker has to do just so she’ll be ready to labor again. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That isn’t a term I remember. I’m surprised you do. You ought to make an effort ...” She pauses. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rutherford had carefully specified that he was thinking in terms of “the means at present at our disposal.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I always thought the Wyrd was an old term for Fate—or Destiny.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In terms of pure sound, Josquin could not be described as a radical. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The military term didn’t sound right coming out of Master Artemis’s mouth. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

In their terms, I was speaking for Western education, which was against Islam, in their opinion. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the United States our foresters seem to have thought of biological control chiefly in terms of introducing insect parasites and predators. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Plutarch tries to lay it out in simple terms for me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I heard Chinwe took the first position from you last term. “ Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“This little fella, he starts to burning when the shell goes up. When he’s all used up, kapow! You got yourself a mighty fine pyrotectic display. That’s fireworks in layman’s terms.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Ted Hughes came to our school last term,” Hugo mentioned. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

This tends to change the rules for using and developing melodies, so the terms used to talk about contrapuntal melodies are different, too. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In terms of the voice, both boys and girls should remain singing in their head voice or falsetto. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The letter he had received had been rather vague in its terms, but there was nothing vague about the accompanying cheque. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

O’Dell chimed, and so coined our new term for the propellant. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It just grew and grew into something magnificent—it made you realize the true meaning of the term “rallying cry.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

There is no term comparable to green thumbs to apply to such a mechanic, but there should be. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blue rinse was the slang term for the devastating biological bomb used on rare occasions by the force. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It has long troubled the entomologists that the rest of us are always interfering in their affairs by offering explanations of insect behavior in human terms. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gut cherries were termed choke cherries, and made good jelly. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though we lived on the edge of what was termed an upper-middle-class neighborhood—Eden Prairie, Minnesota—our house was small, a “fixer-upper” when my folks bought it four years ago. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Isn’t “friends,” you might think, a more powerful term of appeal than “countrymen”? Rather, they seem to be on the same level—and in a way, they are. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The closest she had ever been to the sea was her term in the Museum of Natural Wonders; these planks taught her about ships and squalls. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As we talk about where music theory comes from, it will be very useful to know both the scientific and the musical terms and how they are related to each other. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In that formulation, white seems to qualify the term criminal—as if to say, “he’s a criminal but not that kind of criminal.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If the terms go to zero too slowly, then the sum of the terms doesn’t converge to a finite number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the zeros of black holes—singularities—look like unlikely candidates in the short term. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then, he held me by the arms, in an upright position on the top of the stone, and went on in these fearful terms:— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Still, in broad terms, the safety advocates hoped the successes with seat belts and drunk driving would provide a blueprint for addressing cell phone distraction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I believe that I am on the side of the American people and the state of Texas in terms of values!” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Hina’s right: maybe I’ll be able to share that sort of glance with my own husband one day, but on my terms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Going upstairs,” he said, and both experienced a strange relief now that they had a term for his nocturnal visits. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“You remember the conversation we had, Headmaster, just before — ah — the start of term?” said Snape, who was barely opening his lips, as though trying to block Percy out of the conversation. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’m convinced my brother uses terms I don’t know on purpose, to confuse me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

To use the technical term, general intelligence and practical intelligence are “orthogonal”: the presence of one doesn’t imply the presence of the other. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Those terms have special meaning to societies in which Christianity is the dominant religion and are commonly used even in places where it is not. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

In terms of any teaching material, it is important to look and listen for quality content. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I may even do my term thing on her if I decide to go out for honors and if I can get the moron they assigned me as an advisor to let me. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Are you familiar with the Latin term ‘in loco parentis’?” he asked. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

His example was seen as “a turning point in terms of public sympathy in Selma,” said Chestnut. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the ablest of New York’s black hustlers took a liking to me, and knowing that I still was green by their terms, soon began in a paternal way to “straighten Red out.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Go through the Professional Assessment Rubric, and honestly appraise yourself in terms of how you behave currently as a student in your classes. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He himself had mentioned John Kwang as a part of that vanguard, though his implication was then cast only in terms of succession. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The legal term is eminent domain. endemic/epidemic/pandemic. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of his staff had come up with a new, catchy term, “DOTS-plus.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t put in your best this term. You came second because you chose to.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered early on that “being referred” was the adult term for passing the buck. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I wonder now that I was around them so much and yet knew so little of what was happening at the end of that term. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In terms of deadly projectiles, it’s right up there with grenades and cannonballs. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

What I knew about black people—or Negroes, which was the preferred term at that time—was primarily what I saw on 125th Street, in the newspapers, and in church. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a few lucky ones came to their life’s term and died of old age. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered no intervening time, no sore feet—but here he was, addressing in the politest terms an old lady who stood in the doorway of a flat-fronted terraced house. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He knew almost nothing of medical terms or what happened to people with severe shock, and knew less than nothing about comas. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was well known that absent students were punished with higher tuitions the following term. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was elated to be on speaking terms with a tiger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like me, she was someone impossible to easily peg in terms of ethnic background. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It’s always easier to die gently, to wake in due time in the place you were buried, to come to terms with your death and to get acquainted with the other inhabitants. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

For the most part, scholars in recent years have been reluctant to adopt the term ‘the Scientific Revolution’, and many have explicitly rejected it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The discussion of each theme coheres not just because it is localized in a string of consecutive paragraphs but because it refers to the theme using a set of transparently related terms. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“There’s too much space in there, and it would be bad for the books in the long term. Hand lamps cost a talent and a half.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I thought I’d come to terms with 12’s demise— heard of it, seen it from the air, and wandered through its ashes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When they got married Laura told Shadow that she wanted a puppy, but their landlord had pointed out they weren’t allowed pets under the terms of their lease. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We didn’t use terms like “Mr.” and “Mrs.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Hermione and Ron, not being on speaking terms with the Minister of Magic, hovered awkwardly in the background. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In terms of texture, does the first example consist of four separate lines or voices, or should they be performed all together? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In the visual arts, the term classical refers to ancient Greece and Rome. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Thus we are not dealing with a transformation reflected in a single pair of terms—‘natural philosophy’, which, in the nineteenth century, became ‘science’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He thought he had come to terms with that but he had been wrong. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We live in an era of social science, and have become accustomed to understanding the social world in terms of “forces,” “pressures,” “processes,” and “developments.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She was alone in a cell, coming to terms for the four hundredth time with her imminent death and the deaths she’d dealt. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Even at war, soldiers of the crown hardly merited that term, which belonged to ancient battles and bloodcurdling cries. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Movement and rhymes build cognitive abilities in terms of sequencing physical and linguistic activity, imitation, and internalization. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They were among the wealthiest people in Europe, in terms of food. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he called his wife, once; maybe still does, but really it’s a generic term. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had ended things so violently that night, I had a feeling he wanted to discuss this at his own pace, on his own terms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Hebrew term ein sof, which meant “infinite,” represented the creator aspect of God, the part of the deity that made the universe and that permeates every corner of the cosmos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Can’t, might set the black damp off,” the old miner said, using the colloquial term for methane. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She said yesterday, “Things slackened off towards the end of term, I thought.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Additional interesting fact: The modern method of judicial hanging is termed the Long Drop. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I know SquareHead314 is a whiz with differential equations. He...or she...can explain things in the simplest terms.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Chancellor glared at Hemme, then shrugged. “... formal letter of apology posted publicly before the fall term. All in favor?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Latin term for this, well known to medieval and Renaissance philosophers, is periculum facere, to make a test or trial of something. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A dip in pressure would indicate a rip, which could prove fatal in the long term. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And since Belt’s day, terms like 'Amazonia” and 'Amazon basin” are often used as if they referred to a single, homogeneous entity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Next September he’s going to go back to P.S. 13 and do the term’s work over again.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had read the terms of his life insurance policy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Another set of useful terms describe how quickly a melody goes up and down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Being Afro-American, or black, was being imposed on me by people who had their own ideas of what those terms meant. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In terms of achievement, Wayne Parr seemed to be nobody. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The term derived from the days of slavery, when plantation overseers made sure that the work was done and the discipline maintained. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, they had decided it would do no harm to see what terms they could reach with the witch. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But, I persisted, cautiously, and in somewhat different terms, this twenty billion dollars, or whatever it is, depends on the total economy of the United States. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

But even then, he had lost on his own terms. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose there is a certain crucial interval in everyone’s life when character is fixed forever; for me, it was that first fall term I spent at Hampden. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

With the topic of white persecution, they had arrived at the reason for her term in the nook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I had started the term penniless, and been scraping by ever since. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There are videos about the importance and difference of treble and bass clefs; there is a list of music terms and what they mean, and the site even contains videos entailing the transposition of music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It had always been made clear that the expertise of librarians was unworthy of the term scholarship. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Several of the younger boys with whom she had been on eye-gouging terms only a few years ago made self-conscious conversation with her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When supernatural beliefs gained those functions and became institutionalized, they were thereby transformed into what we term a religion. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The more accurate term for Smith’s armed force was militia. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He and his associates had definitely decided to pluralize the term. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Schafer coined the terms keynote, soundmark, and sound signal to distinguish between different types of sounds, their connections to the environment, and our perception of them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, one may describe the whole universe in terms of a collection of overlapping patches. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am often addressed as Madiba, my clan name, a term of respect. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Selena had rung her apartment bell, the girls were admitted—or rather, the door was drawn in and left ajar—by a colored maid with whom Selena didn’t seem to be on speaking terms. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

For every ken and wis and aye I had dropped from my vocabulary, I had picked up a dozen new and useful terms. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In terms of our daily interactions with sound, we are constantly bombarded with all types of sounds, both chosen and unchosen. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

If there’s to be a bargain, the terms of exchange must be set forth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s rather late in the term,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It took weeks for me to come to terms with this fact, but as I did, I began to experience the most powerful advantage of money: the ability to think of things besides money. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Galileo’s law of fall describes in mathematical terms what happens when bodies fall under ideal conditions; but it does not explain anything. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Twice a day, a guard brought water and, to use the term loosely, food. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Aristotle explained natural processes in terms of four causes: formal, final, material and efficient. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And with that, they both affixed their signatures to the bottom of the letter of terms that Lord Ashton had prepared. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He had known they were getting sharp, but now he knew in no uncertain terms that he had the makings of something exceptional in his boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It is this sort of revolution, a revolution of unintended consequences and unforeseen outcomes, that Butterfield intended to evoke by the term ‘the Scientific Revolution’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

An hour later, when the four of us were still seated on the sofas, I finally came to terms with their physical persistence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Uh-huh. And how long will they stay 'mental'? The term of your natural life? Twenty years? No possibility of parole?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

In terms of survival, it's my best moment all night. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The event makes sense when I think of it in these terms. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The hardest part was coming to terms with the constant dispiriting discovery that there is always more hill. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Upon what terms would I be allowed to remain upon the school grounds? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as they were competing with one another on even terms, they were likely to keep improving. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I came fifth and it was an improvement for me because I came eighth the term before. You know, our class is very competitive. I used to always come first in my primary school.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The term chronic pain captures nothing of the grinding, constant, ceaseless, inescapable hurt. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Aguirre says she feeds the police occasionally, to keep them on good terms. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Its term began after harvest and ended before planting time. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Living physiology should be explicable in terms of physics, biophysicists argued—forces, motions, actions, motors, engines, levers, pulleys, clasps. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“How can it be same terms? You want I should kill you twice?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Perhaps “enduring” and “continuous” are better terms for it, although at first glance all Egyptian art between 3000 and 500 B.C. does tend to have a certain sameness. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Identify which terms work best for music instruction. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Guidance seemed more like a term for cutting us loose. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Not only was it the obvious guess, but Maurice already had been talking in terms of helices at a summer meeting in Cambridge. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I picked it for two reasons—one: It took place in the Arizona desert, and I was doing everything I could to come to terms with my new living situation. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The common term for them was muttations, or sometimes mutts for short. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Percy, who disapproved of what he termed their childish behavior, didn’t spend much time in the Gryffindor common room. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The school days that followed were noted in my diary in terms of the particular indignities I suffered. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even children speaking to other children used these terms. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He coined more than fifty medical terms still in use today and defined a host of new diseases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“In layman’s terms: I discovered a cure for aging.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

My complaint about the terms is that they sound too much like firm promises. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So here are a few terms that may be useful if you are wondering what kind of music you want to learn more about. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Dr. Strayer and Dr. Gazzaley hit it off, even though they seem cut from entirely different cloth, both figuratively, with respect to personality, and literally, in terms of their sartorial choices. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Although the scientific panel had proposed informing Britain, France, China, and Russia, in practical terms the real question boiled down to what to tell the Soviets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to have a husband on those terms?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rent was fifty-five rupees a month—about a dollar in today’s terms, but a colossal fortune for her family. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was a possibility, I thought, because Grandma told me that former President Truman had put African-American and white soldiers together in the armed forces during his term. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was why Baba and I had been on such better terms in the U.S., The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Who we are being so many hard facts held like candies or coins, just up one’s sleeve — one’s father, one’s mother, all the things that might quaintly be termed one’s station. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the field of government is often termed “political science” and the Nobel Prize in economics refers to “economic science,” history departments rarely if ever label themselves “Department of Historical Science.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just like the term solfege which is made up of the syllables “sol” and “fa,” sargam is comprised of the syllables sa re and ga, the first three pitches of the Indian scale. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

This is equivalent to several million pounds in modern terms, and it is hard to see what he could have spent it on, so the number may be an exaggeration! The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

This means that in terms of the number of species, 70 to 80 per cent of the earth’s creatures are insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It named him dictator for life even though the role of dictator had until then been reserved only for emergencies and only for a limited term. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Lack of soap and water and toilet facilities weren’t the only problems that the Soviet soldiers faced in terms of hygiene. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Each term, he was given one notebook with twenty-five pages. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In my view, explaining science in terms of common sense is simply to go round in a circle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

People noticed, and by the end of the term I had a reputation for reckless bravery. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“On this man’s terms can you agree? There is little downside that I can see.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the second occasion, I remember clearly that it was a summer term and the boy who put his hand up was called Braithwaite. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following are some terms and their beats per minute to help you gauge different tempi. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Harry thought this an odd way of reminding Aunt Petunia that he had once sent her an exploding letter, but Aunt Petunia did not challenge the term. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"The Young Wolf has sent us terms, you see. Unacceptable terms, to be sure, but still, a beginning. Would you care to see them?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Take any term and divide it by its previous term. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

While the meeting was not a breakthrough in terms of negotiations, it was one in another sense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spend a couple of hours quizzing each other on military terms. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A boy at school called Ashton had had nits in his hair last term and the matron had made him dip his whole head in turpentine. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Two weeks before the end of the term, the sky lightened suddenly to a dazzling, opaline white and the muddy grounds were revealed one morning covered in glittering frost. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“But I’ve got to go back — term starts on September first. It’s all that’s keeping me going. You don’t know what it’s like here. I don’t belong here. I belong in your world — at Hogwarts.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Sister and Brother were terms I used in speaking to my teachers for twelve years. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The goddess of passion would be a more accurate term, and what generates more passion than love and war?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps most revealing of all the hysteria propelling the Red Scare were laws passed by local and state governments throughout the nation that restricted parades and what they termed “radical activity.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“How long is one regular term for a U.S. representative? A. One year B. Two years C. Three years D. Four years E. Six years.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Fifty thousand men and women are standing in pouring rain and ankle-deep mud to watch Abraham Lincoln take the oath of office to begin his second term. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

And, as they talked, I’d translate what they said in terms of Bigger’s life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Blood pushed all the way to my extremities—the heart is a powerful muscle, the strongest muscle in the body in terms of longevity. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

An uncircumcised Xhosa man is a contradiction in terms, for he is not considered a man at all, but a boy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s Mr. Burnside, the retired business executive who never exactly came to terms with the end of his career. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Your school marks this term have been very disappointing, and your behavior in class continues to be disruptive and disrespectful. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Sigmund Freud, the founder of modern psychiatry, conceived of art primarily in terms of sublimation outside of consciousness. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even his terms now stand as Heads of my Chapters.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ajima meant something like “Auntie”; it was a term of great affection, reserved only for older kinswomen. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Adam Trask thought of the war in terms of his own now dimly remembered campaign against the Indians. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry for the snark. You and your dad are on much better terms than me and my biological.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We might do a tad better elsewhere, but we make an effort to keep on good terms with Greasy Sae. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They knew of course that she was "clever" because they had heard her being questioned by Miss Honey on the first day of term. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

In political terms, the Hamilton pamphlet was fully as fatal, and perhaps suicidal, as his subsequent decision to face Aaron Burr on the plains of Weehawken. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Many worry that prison time has become a badge of honor in some communities—“a rite of passage” is the term most often used in the press. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The source of this confusion is simple: from its first appearances, the term ‘the Scientific Revolution’ was being used in two quite different ways. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If I were well-behaved for a term or two, I would get access to the Archives. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Because of this, it’s unclear to me why a collection of intimate profiles or personal stories is so frequently termed a poll. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He may not have been on the best terms with our parents, but I wouldn’t be able to entirely focus until he had been informed of their deaths. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The scientific network is another term for that sociological reality: Pascal announced his discoveries to Mersenne’s network, and persuaded them that his facts were right by getting them to repeat his experiments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I usually came second or third in the end of term overall results. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

If I eat out at the buffet I can watch the large Mexican families or the even larger, in total body mass terms, families of Minnesota Anglos. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He could appoint the Bishop of Rochester to administer the terms of peace....” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had said this to her as if outlining the terms of a job offer, laying out the benefits package in the most attractive way. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the sheriff explained the charge in crude terms, Walter was incredulous and couldn't help but laugh at the notion. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

For months, Bigheart and Palmer and other members of the tribe negotiated with government officials over the terms of allotment. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever heard the term ‘white mutiny’?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Charles had gone for most of the four-month term up until this past winter—until it had seemed too hard. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was on friendly terms—so far—with the spirit world, but she found its presence frightening. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She feels her chest ache, moved after all this time to hear her brother call her Didi, his older sister, a term he alone in the world is entided to use. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I said that defining your terms is half the battle won. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

This chapter covers some of this research in terms of music processing, active listening, and benefits of the music-brain connection. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Wow, scary thought, the boy You-Know-Who,” said Ron quietly, as they took their places around one of the gnarled Snargaluff stumps that formed this term’s project, and began pulling on their protective gloves. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“The terms of surrender were most favorable. One of which was clearing the streets so I could welcome you here myself.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

To him the terms of his parents’ marriage are something at once unthinkable and unremarkable; nearly all their friends and relatives had been married in the same way. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Have a good term,” said Uncle Vernon with an even nastier smile. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They had paid the tuition for the first term and bought the uniforms and had exhausted their savings. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Père Lafontant despised the concept because he knew what it meant in practical terms: the simplest technology was for the poor, while the rich had the resources to afford the best technology. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

This suggests that it took a while for Boyle to think of the word ‘fact’ as a respectable term to be used in natural philosophy when engaging with scholastics and Cartesians. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The mulefa had no term for climb, so Mary had to do a lot of gesturing and roundabout explaining. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He learns the endless terms, the vocabulary that classifies the details of ancient buildings, writing them on separate index cards and making illustrations on the back: architrave, entablature, tympanum, voussoir. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But I think perhaps I was too hasty. You met my terms too quickly,” he added. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I did a term paper on the history of jazz in Chicago when I was in eighth grade. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though our forces were not victorious, we quietly celebrated the fact that our MK cadres had engaged the enemy in combat on their own terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And worst of all, I knew they were forcing me to accept things on their own terms, and I was unable to leave. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But tomorrow is no better in terms of weather. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This term is an old one going all the way back to when harmonies first began to be added to medieval chant. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t go up against these guys in terms of force because we weren’t, you know, violent criminals. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when your term is up, when you leave the White House on that very last day, you’re left in many ways to find yourself all over again. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I have written my grades for the past term to Caitlin if you may want to see them. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I suspected he had found me a foster home and that I was going to be “repatriated”—the term used to describe the process of reuniting ex-child soldiers with their former communities. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Reginald and I, after my fighting fiasco, had finally gotten back on good terms. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can bring your terms to the king, but—” Lord Wyman cut him off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Thus the modern idea of the machine was born by giving a new meaning to the Latin term machina. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In Brazilian terms, it was like abandoning a glamorous expatriate life in Paris to come back to Chicago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I have never thought about what I do in those terms. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Today, nearly 40 years after those early dates for pottery in Japan were measured, archaeologists are still reeling from the carbon 14 shock, as it is termed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally a man would sell warm soft drinks out of a cardboard box, but that was it in terms of concessions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Canon” was the term we used to classify any movie, book, game, song, or TV show of which Halliday was known to have been a fan. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Now that the barriers were down, the limitation, in my terms, of our converse and understanding seemed intolerable to me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Friedman had assigned us a term paper on the French Revolution. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

After all, the Latin terms survive more or less in free variation with the Greek, and Puttenham’s English equivalents are abundantly charming—albeit that charm is conditioned by a certain quaintness. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s like the slick new term for cultural anthropology.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Already his two colonels were barely on speaking terms. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The genome project, in turn, inspires attempts to understand human variation and “normal” behavior in terms of genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

While other students casually worked to complete the worksheet, Boobie ate some candy and left blank the entire second page, which asked for definitions of certain genetic terms. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I saw Sansa at the court, the day Tyrion told me his terms. She looked most beautiful, my lady. Perhaps a, a bit wan. Drawn, as it were." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This usage of the terms ‘philosophy’ and ‘philosopher’ survived much longer than one might think. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He had retired from his firm on the terms he wanted. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

At last the term ended, and a silence deep as the snow on the grounds descended on the castle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Infantry Division at Enns, in Austria, under the terms dictated by the Americans. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nixon solemnly promised to defend South Vietnam with air strikes if North Vietnam violated the terms of the Paris Peace Accords. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Since what is often at stake in moral choices is confidence that one has got the facts right, the term was extended to other contexts in which people make judgements about questions of fact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The following day he offered his readers this translation of Ulbrickson’s reply: “which in less guarded terms means... ‘very good indeed.’” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The nature of my relations with her, which placed me on terms of familiarity without placing me on terms of favour, conduced to my distraction. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Many judges, prosecutors, and defense lawyers do a poor job of recognizing the special needs of the mentally disabled, which leads to wrongful convictions, lengthier prison terms, and high rates of recidivism. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Is it my fault, she asks Theo, that you and Dries are no longer on good terms? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But one of those subfamilies, termed Malayo-Polynesian, comprises 945 of those 959 languages and covers almost the entire geographic range of the Austronesian family. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Johnson was in the last year of his four-year term and would soon need to seek reelection. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Today, the term “McCarthyism” is commonly used to describe accusing someone of a wrongdoing without having any evidence. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Harry asked the room at large, but it was again Hermione who answered.“We discuss our options with our Head of House, I asked Professor McGonagall at the end of last term.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

During her first term in Congress, the Montana legislature changed the boundaries of its voting districts, and Rankin found herself in a politically unfavorable area. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Exceedingly rare. But in terms of research, its importance can’t be overstated. For the reasons I outlined in my office.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Khione was not beaten at the Wolf House. She said it was a...ah, what is the term? A tactical retreat.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It is tempting to explain the switch in exclusively personal terms: Jefferson returned from France, recalled his old colleague to the colors of the true cause, and together they marched forward into history. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’s going to explain a theory using simple, clear terms. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We can hardly pride ourselves on being the world’s preeminent democracy, after all, if large numbers of citizens spend half their waking hours in what amounts, in plain terms, to a dictatorship. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who, for example, would object to the term ‘the digital revolution’ on the grounds that it is not a singular and discrete event, localized in time and space? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Have you ever heard the term “hostages”? That’s the latest punishment for saboteurs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The two Polish Annas surely had clear notions of what they loved and hated, but like the rest of us, they were limited in terms of vocabulary, and this made them appear less than sophisticated. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

After ordering me in no uncertain terms to apologize to Aunt Loma, he put his arm around my shoulders. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know how to come to terms with what had happened. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In the longer term it would lay the foundation for the whole of modern physics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

McKissick also defended the phrase, terming it an inevitable response to the “dashed hopes and mangled dreams of a people and a result of the ineffectiveness of the nonviolent movement.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inmates awaiting trial or those serving shorter terms stay in local jails, such as New York City’s giant Rikers Island complex, near La Guardia Airport. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was certain to flunk English this term, simply because English was mostly reading and he didn’t have time anymore to spend four or five hours every night reading a lousy book. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even more astounding is our statistical improbability in physical terms. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If the queen has any sense, she'll accept my terms. If not, I'll make her rue the day she refused me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On the last day of the term, I shoved my clothes into my suitcase. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Both parties heartily endorsed it, and to acknowledge that low-wage work doesn’t lift people out of poverty would be to admit that it may have been, in human terms, a catastrophic mistake. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That perhaps at the end of his second term in office, they would move to Chicago and he would practice law again. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is our third game, and miraculously we’re still on speaking terms. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

By a method termed glotto-chronology, based on calculations of how rapidly words tend to change over historical time, comparative linguistics can even yield estimated dates for domestications or crop arrivals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the distasteful stillness, while he muttered and insisted that the terms should be observed, reluctant hands disarmed Sir Lancelot and tied him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In terms of the song itself, explore the meaning of the music itself apart from the lyrics—sing the melody of the song on a neutral syllable. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

So when More invented the term ‘mechanical philosophy’ he was playing his part in importing the new terminology into English. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Bapu Gandhi? The boy is getting to be on affectionate terms with Gandhi? After Daddy Gandhi, what next? Uncle Jesus? And what’s this nonsense—has he really become a Muslim?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some contracts also included a promise that they would be given some property or other goods when their term ended. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He accepted the silent conversation, agreeing to their unspoken terms. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I passed English all right. It was mostly literature, though. I only wrote about two compositions the whole term," I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

There hasn’t been time to project any sort of future—even short term. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dad had to go to work but Mum had the day off from being a nurse and it was half term so the five of us could go sightseeing, she said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad uses his favorite term of endearment for my mom—my soul, my life—and pats the air with his palm down, a quieting gesture. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Winnie had been invited to open the annual conference of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, and at my instigation she repudiated these rumors in no uncertain terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every week we interviewed old women who brewed African beer as a way to supplement their tiny incomes, who now faced jail terms and fines they could not afford to pay. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton wrote in her autobiography, “but continued to use my ‘mother’s instinct,’ if ‘reason’ is too dignified a term to apply to woman’s thoughts.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wondered what they were going to do the first evening a change of entertainment was proposed: they spoke of “playing charades,” but in my ignorance I did not understand the term. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The terms "folk music" and "pop music" also have more than one meaning. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It strikes him that there is no term for what they once were to each other. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Aboriginal Australian substitute for food production has been termed “firestick farming.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He not only had less time for me, he also had less to say to me, which, in terms of our friendship, was pretty much the same thing. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the only purely selfish term of the peace agreement. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A millionaire businessman and a prominent Catholic layman, Murray framed his position in stark moral terms. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The terms of the letter were more than friendly. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

There is a certain irony in Butterfield’s adoption of the retrospective term ‘Scientific Revolution’, and an even greater one in his choice of The Origins of Modern Science for his title. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt was fifty years old when his second term as president ended. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Foxhole” was still a fairly new term and I wasn’t sure Mr. Hadley knew what it meant. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Cordelia has ever eaten snails, decide she is most likely on familiar terms with them; a depressing thought. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I finished my first term with three silver talents and a single jot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Or was she just, after ten years in the city, finally becoming a Detroiter, meaning that she saw everything in terms of black and white? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Even Cole’s lawyer spoke in terms of a reduced jail term for good behavior. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Last term, Harry and Ron had helped Gryffindor win the House Championship, beating Slytherin for the first time in seven years. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

What worried Hoover was scandal or, to use his preferred term, “embarrassment.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He looked around as if just coming to terms with where they were. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I glance there, too, from time to time, because it is natural that I am eager for my break to arrive, especially as today has been another no-show day, in terms of customers. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It's the term of endearment that makes me obey, not the elbow. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In many ways, Daliwonga still regarded me as his junior, both in terms of my rank in the Thembu hierarchy and in my own political development. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of a peaceful, democratic revolution with complete freedom of expression was a contradiction in terms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. You’ve got options in the Mews. A talent will get you a bunk and a meal chit for the term.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It felt odd, using the formal term for his own brother. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"I think that's it, in terms of bang for your buck." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

As regards the first question, an entire field of science, termed ethnobiology, studies peoples’ knowledge of the wild plants and animals in their environment. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if there’s a word that means the same as “bright” in terms of hearing, but I wish I knew one, because my ears were hearing brightly now. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

In what might be termed an experiment in psychological warfare, the attractant is combined with a granular material and distributed by planes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She sensed when a guest needed more tea before the guest did, expressed herself by filling his cup, thought in terms of matching, balancing, connecting, completing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

What happened in the unseen labyrinth to which the pneumatic tubes led, he did not know in detail, but he did know in general terms. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Supposedly he was transferring in during the middle of a term as punishment for running away. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rutherford, meanwhile, had busied himself examining “uranium radiation,” his term for the emanations discovered by Becquerel. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In terms of musical material, it is important to assess the sonic aspects as well as the written. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In a round, everyone contributes equally in terms of melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Under the terms of the deal, Richard’s sentence could still be reduced to five years—if he successfully jumped through a series of hoops. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In terms of energy, the modern farm is a losing proposition. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"The terms of my servitude are fulfilled, and now you and I are done with each other." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It is not terribly late, the night is fairly young in circus terms, but the silence is already heavy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

While this may have been scary news in terms of Medicare and Social Security, the average American had little to fear from the growing horde of oldsters. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She gladly would have left Boston under the flag of marriage, but not under the reckless terms he proposed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“That was a little noncommittal, in terms of good or bad luck, but it’ll have to do.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m intimately acquainted with the term myself, but you . . . surely—” “You are not vile, base, or depraved,” Lyddie said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a word for it in Fjerdan so you must be familiar with the term.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The Ryans’ offer was enough to pay for three more terms of school. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The term of a commanding officer was usually no more than three years, and we had been through several by 1970. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of what it means to have a powerful or persuasive personality, then, is that you can draw others into your own rhythms and dictate the terms of the interaction. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His request of Bobby was couched in cordial, nonpleading terms, but Bobby heartlessly never answered him, and Lombardy stepped in to do the job. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I would explain to Makgatho in the simplest terms how the black man was persecuted by the white man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Baba,” I said, which means Father, and is a term of respect, “can I give you an apple?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fourth term of my senior year, I only applied to one job, but it was a good one, being six hundred miles away from Mississippi. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The term originated from an army report of May 24, 1861. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His own term for this type of action was nuke. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand ‘Currier’ or ‘Ives’ or ‘decor,’” Luba Luft said; she seemed to be struggling, however, to make out the terms. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

All polynomials of degree n—those that have a leading term of xn—split into n distinct terms. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The technical term for them is sentence adverbs. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of us would have even said fall term at all. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Nor had historians translated that term tomean the emergence of a more authentically democratic brand of politics, a translation that Jefferson would have understood dimly, if at all. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the late 1990s, the price of term life insurance fell dramatically. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, he would strike later, on his own terms. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A very general system of chemical communication between living things of all kinds, plant and animal, has been termed “allelochemics” by Whittaker. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he’s hinting now that if I don’t get all the boxes done by the end of term, we’ll carry on next year.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Not well enough. He and Charles are on fairly good terms, but we can’t find him, either.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And the language they inherited framed the genuine political differences and divisions in terms that only exacerbated their nonnegotiable character. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

When I was a boy, anyone not a Catholic was defined by that fact and the term non-Catholic. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They each served prison terms of various lengths. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

To great effect, Reagan echoed white frustration in race-neutral terms through implicit racial appeals. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And Bunderson had given Judge Willmore heavy pause about the use of the term “significantly greater risk,” which might imply by its definition “substantial risk.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I relayed this to every crowd: I was floored by what people were bringing to Barack’s campaign in terms of enthusiasm and involvement. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But its success is best understood not in terms of its curriculum, its teachers, its resources, or some kind of institutional innovation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Edward Lee Howard, in CIA terms, had gone "black." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And since you are all out of leverage, I see no way for you to give me a reason, unless you would like to change the terms of our agreement.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Another small point was Miss Debenham’s easy familiarity with the term ‘long distance’ for a telephone call. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the close of the Supreme Court’s 1990–91 term, it had become clear that a major shift in the relationship between the citizens of this country and the police was under way. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Normally you pay it in addition to your first term’s Arcanum tuition. But since you’ve jumped rank on us, you’ll need to tend to it now.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But there is no collective term for all the different positions which have in common a recognition that some forms of knowledge of nature are more successful than others, and that consequently knowledge can progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard people try for their talent that were really good. Early this term an old man sang a song about... about this woman whose husband had gone off to war.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Would that be too weird since Maddie and I weren’t even on speaking terms? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At a mass meeting in late December, Ann lashed out against those who termed the boycott an example of “black lawlessness.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then when my school closed just before the war, instead of finishing elsewhere, I went to university a bit suddenly for a term and took the train to get there too, feeling very grown-up. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Of course, she wanted to die on her own terms, not some horrible beast’s. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are still on friendly terms with Mr. Jaggers?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hence a less heroic term for the Musket Wars would be the Potato Wars. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The third week of term, he had been ill. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I quit at the end of the second term. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of us, when it comes to personality, naturally think in terms of absolutes: that a person is a certain way or is not a certain way. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The term "anchor baby" refers to a child born to a noncitizen mother in a country that has birthright citizenship, especially when providing an advantage to family members seeking to secure citizenship or legal residency. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She waited almost a full minute before typing in her first search term. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She was thirty years old when she joined Washington’s staff in 1987, at the start of his second term. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This meant that the end of term feast took place amid decorations of scarlet and gold, and that the Gryffindor table was the noisiest of the lot, as everybody celebrated. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

On one occasion during my first term, I went down to the Matron’s room to have some iodine put on a grazed knee and I didn’t know you had to knock before you entered. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny had been told off to carry letters for the British officers, to keep on good terms with their grooms and stable boys over at the Afric Queen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father thought only in terms of conquest, but what good was it to take a kingdom if you could not hold it? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Ah...the size. The depth. And the depth in terms of the sun, too. As the sun gets higher in the sky, the stripers go deeper. That’s why we’re out here so early.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Every art book Mrs. Richardson consulted described her in glowing terms: a self-taught genius, a feminist photographic pioneer, a dynamic and generous intellect. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The term was certainly widely used in the late seventeenth century, but it is more misleading than helpful. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My parents managed to come to terms with me on the school dance. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

More than one captain made up his mind then and there that his “cobble” or his “mule,” as they term the different classes of boats, would remain in the harbour till the storm had passed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The term mass incarceration refers not only to the criminal justice system but also to the larger web of laws, rules, policies, and customs that control those labeled criminals both in and out of prison. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He sought to live on his own terms. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Both sets of terms, like their Greek originals, included the whole study of nature, animate and inanimate—thus Boyle’s Physiological Essays of 1661 are about natural science as a whole. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The Confederates asked for their rendition under the terms of the Fugitive Slave Law, but they were informed by General Butler that “under the peculiar circumstances, he considered the fugitives ‘contraband’ of war.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The board was meant to assess our behavior in terms of prison regulations, but we found that it preferred to act as a political tribunal rather than a mere evaluator of behavior. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was widowed, she was thirty-seven, and she was to become what he had termed an informal housekeeper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

"My lord Hand," he said, "Lord Stark will never consent to these terms." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Today scientists describe the universe in terms of two basic partial theories—the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, on the night before the first day of term, Coraline was apprehensive and nervous. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

After Paniagua left, 3 Guys went without a single Mexican waiter for ten months, despite the terms of the settlement. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He felt things were often connected in ways that no one could yet explain in scientific terms. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

We can readily understand Michelangelo’s discomfort, for Titian has rephrased his sculpture in utterly sensuous terms through the painterly application of sonorous color that is characteristic of his work. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What would we receive in return, under those terms?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We were not to be released at all, but rearrested under the terms of what we only then discovered was a State of Emergency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The key term in philosophy, even in Kepler’s and Galileo’s time, was ‘phenomena’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her joke of a name aside, her general unprettiness aside, she was—in terms of permanently memorable, immoderately perceptive, small-area faces—a stunning and final girl. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the heart to tell her that with Zooey so far along, the correct term was actually stillbirth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There’s a term in the hood for a face like Tony’s, that cold, frozen stare. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A holding pen for Fred while he and Jenny Yen negotiated terms for the dog’s ransom. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

II. French-Latin words—that is, Latin words introduced through the French—can often be readily distinguished by their being more changed in form than the Latin terms directly introduced into our language. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked being back on speaking terms with Ron too much to speak his mind right now — but he somehow thought that Hermione had gotten the point much better than Ron had. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Both Rosy’s and Maurice’s papers covered roughly the same ground and in each case interpreted their results in terms of the base pairs. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I sighed, resigning myself to a term of sleeping outside and scavenging meals where I could find them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he moves onto “witnesses,” Aristotle includes in the term what we would probably regard as a slightly different category of things. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The reality of slave violence versus stability in the long term. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t recommend using the following terms, but in case you run across them, here’s what they mean. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third was a dictionary of psychological terms edited by someone called Warren. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The only specific people left on my list were Kerns and Dave, and both continued to be nowhere in terms of motive. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Sure, he was strong, but Tyson was a little kid in Cyclops terms, maybe seven or eight years old, mentally. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A general term that somehow includes everything that was needed for him to sound the alarm. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Confused by the term, Walter told the sheriff that he did not understand the meaning of the word. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell them the full truth, that I needed to make the most of this term because it would very likely be my last. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Salim said The Tempest would be right up my street. He acted in it at school last term.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The issue turned out to be the most successful ever in terms of newsstand sales. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With admissions behind me I had no responsibilities until fall term began. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We tend to think of children’s songs as simple, and in some ways, they are in terms of lyrics, structure, and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“So are you actually on good terms with the Queen of Adarlan? You didn’t really...make an effort to start off that way.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Everyone had their own theory as to why Richard had used the term. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They lay quiet for a while, then their focus shifted to helping Nixon get reelected to a second term. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They would try to tell themselves that in terms of geological time it was an insignificant event. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee watches as Grant writes out his terms in pen. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

If you can drop the in without losing the meaning, the term you want is in to. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can do your kneeling on the carpet in your solar once we’ve agreed on terms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One important achievement of C.P.’s term of office was the construction of a new Klavern hall just outside of town. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

This bit of common sense, sometimes termed the pigeonhole or Dirichlet drawer principle, can occasionally be used to derive claims that are not so obvious. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished that Ella and I had been on better terms so that I could try to describe to her how I felt. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late in 1876, during his seventh term, Garfield bought a farm in Mentor, Ohio, about twenty miles from where he was born. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It is best to use the term very cautiously when applying it to music, however. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, some of them seemed to be on good terms with the guards, called them by nicknames, and tried to wheedle cigarettes through the spy-hole in the door. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Let us now turn to an example of Whig history as that term is generally understood. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I understand that you have just arrived, and unfortunately, that leaves me with no basis on which to give you a grade for this term.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Correlation is nothing more than a statistical term that indicates whether two variables move together. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Truth was, I was all too aware of the fact that I only owned two shirts, and after two terms of constant wear they were getting shabby. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Back in 1972 Crosby invented a term for this biological ferment: the Columbian Exchange. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was on close terms with her washing machine and ironing board. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t see the world in Cold War terms. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Winnie would discuss “the church” in appropriate terms, and I might then ask, “How are the priests? Are there any new sermons?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If War Admiral lost, Riddle could always say that Howard had dictated the terms of the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the end of term approached, Harry heard many different theories about what had really happened, but none of them came close to the truth. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In trying to come to terms with Rosy, Maurice made a very bad bargain. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Never before had he used that term in front of Isidore. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

We refer to it with catch-all terms, like crazy or chronic pain, terms that both ostracize and minimize. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“An oral examination for the tutorials,” Camilla said, “as well as a term paper for the Civilization class.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

During his second term in office, Comrade E. M. S. went about implementing the Peaceful Transition more soberly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Masolino said she knew it all along, and Mrs. Sharkey said they gave new meaning to the term "bottoms up." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

For such websites, term life insurance was a perfect product. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“He’ll yield before the sun goes down. I mean to offer him terms and accept him back into the king’s peace.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For a thousand years, give or take, the word man did double duty as a term for both the male of the species and the species as a whole. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one thing she didn’t want was for Sasha to have to fly back from Massachusetts in the middle of the term to testify at a trial. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If I missed them, I would have to wait two months for the next term to start. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because he’d never thought long term about his life at all. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Drug forfeiture laws are frequently used to allow those with assets to buy their freedom, while drug users and small-time dealers with few assets to trade are subjected to lengthy prison terms. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even though the individual terms go to zero, the sum goes off to infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It is much easier to define people just in terms of their family personality. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found it fascinating, a lot more substantial and scientific than Freud had been, and a lot more fruitful in terms of expanding testable knowledge on how human beings thought and learned. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She’d never really gotten the term warm and fuzzy, but Frank gave her that sensation. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They were also encouraged not to settle for old-fashioned and “bourgeois” gender roles—“bourgeois” being a catchall term for the upper middle classes of Imperial Russia who’d aspired to wealth and luxury. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Negotiating the terms of the job, though, I’d had what maybe should have been an obvious revelation about nonprofit work: It doesn’t pay. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Under pointed advice from several sources, I limited myself to three fields of study in the upcoming term. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m on speaking terms with the valedictorian and the salutatorian, if that makes you feel any better,” I said. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Roy had a gloomy feeling that the forms and documents were written in such technical terms that he wouldn’t be able to understand them, anyway. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is, after all, important to form a clear view of them both technically and in terms of their impact on general morale. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Both parties later swore to terms of peace set by their arbiter, Athena, daughter of Zeus who bears the stormcloud as a shield— though still she kept the form and voice of Mentor. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pieces in which Corelli developed this light-and- shade technique came to be known by the name of the larger group, concerto grosso, and subsequently the generic term ‘concerto’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Rather than dwell on death, Lincoln prefers to live life on his own terms. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The senator turned out to be a state senator, a hack politician, now serving a five-year jail term for bribery. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he enriched it with terms of singular aggressiveness, put it in an envelope, and mailed it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was not the centrally administered military power that term conjures. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Our understanding of the word ‘modern’, when talking about science, thus still corresponds to theirs, and their use of the term ‘the modern’ is their way of acknowledging what we call the Scientific Revolution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The war had cost Johnson a chance of another term as president. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone—including Johnson—had assumed he would seek a second full term as president, but he knew now his chances of reelection were bleak. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Either I am to live in this world on my terms or I will die out of it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even after the term of punishment expires, some states deny the right to vote for a period ranging from a number of years to the rest of one’s life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I remained a backyard snob to most of my class girls until the end of term. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I asked to see you to ascertain upon what terms you would receive the surrender of my army.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the surface it appeared to be totally peaceful and almost a refutation of the term “revolution.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A typical surgeon’s kit from the period contained a variety of knives and bone saws, thus inspiring the slang term for doctors “sawbones.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Some other terms that are used to describe instrument ranges are: Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Brother Jack and the others talked in terms of "we," but it was a different, bigger "we." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t seem to help to apply the inclusive term “biomedical” to our science, much as we would like to show that we are all one field of inquiry, share and share alike. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when I began to see how blacks were used in the workplace, which colleges accepted blacks and which did not, I began to think about race in purely negative terms. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It would be better if you finish out the term at least. Don’t do anything now.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They thought they knew cold, but the white north had a way of forcing strangers to reevaluate their terms. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When her daughter told her about the car crash, Terryl didn’t think about it in professional terms. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

One is that it should incorporate Feynman’s proposal to formulate quantum theory in terms of a sum over histories. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That one branch of the family tree had begun to own the term ‘popular’ was to many classical music aficionados in itself a revealing and disturbing fact of life. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The next morning, a term I use loosely since it was not yet dawn, the Colonel shook me awake. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The boy belonged on his own list—but what were its terms? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Are you struggling to come to terms with your father’s murder? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was resentenced to a finite term of years and now has hope for release. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The term American, like the term democrat, began as an epithet, the former referring to an inferior, provincial creature, the latter to one who panders to the crude and mindless whims of the masses. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Now, four months into his term as sheriff, he faced a seemingly unsolvable murder and intense public pressure. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Calista was like, “Are you asking in terms of sex appeal?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Linguists term this decisive innovation, which also underlies puns today, the rebus principle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two crops a year are not uncommon; in terms of yield per acre, peach palms are typically much more productive than rice, beans, or maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He is still not entirely sure he grasps the meaning of the term. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Overall it was one of the worst practices they had had all term, though Harry did not feel that honesty was the best policy when they were this close to the match. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"How many subjects did you carry this term?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I'm told it's not as glamorous as it sounds, but in terms of fun for the entire family, I'm fairly confident that it beats the sack race at the annual IBM picnic. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone working in the White House lived in the limbo of not knowing whether we’d get a second term. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This kind of science has been termed “neuroeconomics,” a subset of which is known as “delay discounting.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She came to work at the start of the summer term in June, and they had gone out together a couple of times even before Bran had to leave for Florida. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were the forty-fourth First Family and only the eleventh family to spend two full terms in the White House. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And gradually, Justice is coming to terms with her own life. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Tyrion would reply with terms of his own, giving the King in the North just enough of what he wanted to keep him hopeful. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even as she thought it, though, she realized she didn't really know what the term meant. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I suppose I could have reviewed them in terms of how familiar they are to me or to American readers, or the order in which the studies were done, or even alphabetically. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“My Patron Historic was a great woman. She coined the term ‘radioactivity,’ and was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, back when such things were awarded.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The more specific term i.e., short for the Latin id est, means “that is.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later on, some Americans started using the term, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The last week of term became increasingly boisterous as it progressed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

To this date, I know not what terms they discussed, what blasphemous deal they tried to strike, abhorrent to their humanity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It trains the eye to think in terms of geometrical shapes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Americans dutifully adopted the new term, but many British users disliked aluminum, pointing out that it disrupted the –ium pattern established by sodium, calcium, and strontium, so they added a vowel and syllable. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was right near the end of her term—but she was hanging on to Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red Flags, n.: possibly therapists’ favorite term in the world. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"My first term I was in there six times," Hortensia said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

This introductory course cannot go very deeply into this subject, and so will only touch on the common terms used when referring to cadences. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“That’s a theater term,” Mr. Poe explained, “meaning ‘good luck on tonight’s performance.’ The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

At the heart of it was Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, which states that the electron is a particle but a particle that can be described in terms of waves. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Their brains were less metabolically active,” as Dr. Strayer explains it in slightly more scientific terms. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He said seventeen children from my community had been selected to enter the all-white Central High School in the 1957 fall term. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This seems to be the earliest usage of the term ‘hypothesis’ in its standard modern sense, at any rate in English. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I’m told that he had many terms of endearment for me, but Main Man is the one I remember. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

"Why do you fellows always talk in terms of race!" he snapped, his eyes blazing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of cooking food is often a calming one, and the kitchen grew cozy as the sauce simmered, a culinary term which means “cooked over low heat.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The corset was all they needed in terms of an aphrodisiac, and it remained for my grandfather the singular erotic emblem of his life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Games have, Wittgenstein said, a ‘family resemblance’, but this does not mean that the term—or the difference between a game and a sport—can be adequately defined. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Meliagrance, loving Guenever, flinching at his own half-hearted wickedness, and knowing the hopelessness of forcing his beloved against her will, had agreed to terms. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sahil had told me, in no uncertain terms, that their sibling rivalry was pretty bad. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had not been processed in a traditional way, and was not assigned to Hunt for the long term. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I use ‘variation’ as a general term for both, and when they are to be distinguished I call the first ‘variation’ and the second ‘dip’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I got it out of the library. This man that teaches this Religion Survey thing I’m taking this term mentioned it.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“We are on peaceful terms with the spinners. We trade with them, we do not invade each other’s lands...but it would be an exaggeration to call them our friends.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like most things in the Night Zoo, the terms and conditions held by its indentured workers only benefitted one person. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The term sex refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women, while gender refers to society’s constructed roles, expectations, behaviors, attitudes, and activities that it deems appropriate for men and women. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Sir, I accept your terms. Here,” he said, reaching into his pocket, “let me pay you now.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“That in itself is a contradiction in terms. No one could possibly be nice in a den like this.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twelve jurors had argued over the meaning of the word doubt, then over the meaning of the term reasonable, then over both put together. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The generation of an RNA copy of a gene was termed transcription—referring to the rewriting of a word or sentence in a language close to the original. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Some were fencing terms, some were peculiar to London, some were the jargon of the players' trade. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had accompanied Bunny on a good many of those walks the term before. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You said, at the end of last term, you were going to tell me everything,” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I remonstrated with them but was told in no uncertain terms that the matter was the women’s affair and that the ANC — as well as anxious husbands — should not meddle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated you for getting an A in every course but one last term. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We then disembodied plaintiffs’ claims in judicially manageable or judicially enforceable terms, unenforceable without more lawyers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“How was I to come to terms with all that?” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The term pop music can refer to a specific kind of popular music, as in "bubblegum pop." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

My class went through the routine of settling down, scraping chairs, dusting desks, copying the new term timetable written on the board. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

That is, the adoption of food production exemplifies what is termed an autocatalytic process—one that catalyzes itself in a positive feedback cycle, going faster and faster once it has started. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The “working poor,” as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is an antique term for physician, and also for the aquatic worm sanguisugus, used for leeching. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t part on the best terms,” put in Mr. Wright. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It should immediately be apparent that in a culture in which experience was taking on a new significance, the term ‘fact’ was invaluable because it identified that type of knowledge which is grounded in experience. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Biologists would later term these variants alleles, from the Greek word allos—loosely referring to two different subtypes of the same general kind. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Nowadays, we tend to think of architecture in terms of enclosed interiors, but we also have landscape architects, who design gardens, parks, and playgrounds. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although people often use the terms “World Wide Web” and “Internet” interchangeably, they are not the same. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Victims of the flu often developed a secondary pneumonia caused by pneumococcus—an illness so rapid and fatal that doctors had termed it the “captain of the men of death.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mom had set the terms for my forgiveness and they were pretty easy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After all, next term was coming, and it never hurt a sixth grader to have a play sister in the eighth grade, or a tenth-year student to be able to call a twelfth grader Bubba. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No matter how endlessly they try to explain it,” he said icily, “the term ‘black power’ means antiwhite power...” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Prior to that, it seems to me, we thought about being well off or not well off in terms of personal comfort or distress. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

To the extent this represented a quantitative judgment, it was certainly true; yet in qualitative terms, it may be viewed as a desperate rationalization of a foregone conclusion. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Rush set the terms for what became a high-stakes game of honesty by proposing that they dispense with the usual topics and report to each other on their respective dreams. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For some it was the term “Sweet Jesus.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Oppie spoke in abstract terms because, as he acknowledged, the government’s demand for nuclear secrecy required him to gloss over the horrific details. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They were appropriately amazed, though they did tell me in plain terms that next time I would leave a note for them or there would be hell to pay. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The term ‘the earth’ was, however, inherently ambiguous. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Some states have no minimum age for prosecuting children as adults; we’ve sent a quarter million kids to adult jails and prisons to serve long prison terms, some under the age of twelve. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The problem’s often phrased in terms of a large number of men who check their hats at a restaurant, whereupon the attendant promptly scrambles the hat- check numbers randomly. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He avoids the term ‘atoms’ because the ancient atomists had insisted that atoms were not divisible and that the space between them was empty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But is it possible, in terms of practical engineering, to travel close to the speed of light? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could be used as "standard candles"–a term she coined and still in universal use. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Lawrence had spent a difficult year cadging money from philanthropists and foundations for a proton accelerator, the purpose of which had to be explained to them in the abstract terms of basic science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"But absolutely nothing. I doubt very much if you opened your textbook even once the whole term. Did you? Tell the truth, boy." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I hope I won’t be inconveniencing you if I only pay the interest this term?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Europe might contain all the cultural capitals and current world powers, but in terms of America's national interest, it was a mere sideshow and distraction. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I made note of the place as a good space for sleeping if I didn’t have enough money for a bunk in the Mews next term. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the short term, Johnson’s speech was a success. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

This is one reason why most musicians prefer to talk in terms of cents and intervals instead of frequencies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Yeah, right, and the Elector is fairly elected every term, too. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Your next term’s tuition was based on your performance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Only later, in 1629, was a satisfactory technical term invented to identify unambiguously this new entity: it was called ‘the terraqueous globe’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In describing the fire dead, the term the newspapers most liked to use was “roasted.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But more likely they don’t think in terms of clothing discarded on the lawn. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The complex workings of living beings can be perceived in terms of these layers: physics enabling chemistry, and chemistry enabling physiology. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kapasi had never thought of his job in such complimentary terms. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Nor would he allow them to dictate terms. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But suddenly we’re asked to stipulate, according to a list of terms, why we think that, and the terms are meaningless to us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mom quizzed me about flowers and medical terms. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Of course, he was on intimate terms with the Klan’s state leader, Bob Jones, and Jones’ wife, Sylvia, head of the women's auxiliary. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I said that there was no organization in the history of South Africa to compare with the ANC in terms of trying to unite all the people and races of South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd always ranked them between boa constrictors and Planet Hollywood T-shirts in terms of vulgar accessories, but once I stuck the headphones in my ears, I found I kind of liked it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Kuhn had a particular term for ‘the consensus in the field’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Well, Mkonyanisi” — an affectionate term for son-in-law in Xhosa, which is what she always called me — “you have made a serious error because Zindzi is only fifteen.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A foggy sadness overwhelmed her, thinking of what they had allowed to happen between them and yet there was the new excitement of freshness, of a relationship on different terms. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Any contact with Mark Antony would be on her terms. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Tradition has it that they fell out over the terms of Tisias’s instruction. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was painfully aware of the fact that this term would be my last unless I could find a way to make a great deal of money rather quickly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And are they upon such terms as for her to disclose the real truth? Oh, that I knew how it was!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

In professional terms, the brothers’ relationship was symbiotic. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He had served four terms; that he should serve a fifth in the year of the fair seemed fitting, and a wave of nostalgia swept the city’s wards. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn't much in terms of a spectacle. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

For a year he had practically pleaded for a match on any terms, but Riddle remained uninterested. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The unpredictable, random element comes in only when we try to interpret the wave in terms of the positions and velocities of particles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t hate much in life, but me and that dress is not on good terms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The terms could seem impolite to an outsider, but they reflected Farmer’s sense of humor, his quick mind, and his prejudice for brevity. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t a runaway success until the 1920s, when it was pitched as a solution for “chronic halitosis”—a then obscure medical term for bad breath. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

If she’d made it north she would have disappeared into a life outside their terms. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In French, physicien had never been a term used for doctors, so the word was conveniently available to mean a natural scientist, and then to evolve to become the French equivalent for ‘physicist’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

You can see from the way I was speaking to him that we were already on different terms. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this point in the presentation, the terms mean nothing to the reader, and the list is too long and arbitrary to stay in memory for long. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She knew she was different, she said, but had never heard the term peculiar. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Miss Petrocelli, representing the State, has presented this case in very broad and grandiose terms. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Michael’s totally into it. We’ll learn all the old 1950s terms, like you did.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet I had to fight him as I could, in terms he understood, even though we sounded like characters in a razor-slinging vaudeville skit. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most students spend at least three or four terms finishing their apprenticeships. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The term welfare queen became a not-so-subtle code for “lazy, greedy, black ghetto mother.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

C. J. described the virus in vague terms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he instantly saw this in three-dimensional terms, the nature of his insight is now known to every schoolchild who has ever drawn a graph. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Eisenhower offered to reappoint him for a new term, but Strauss had grown weary of dodging brickbats in Washington. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Janna, I know your number one concern is privacy. What if I make a promise that nothing will change in terms of that. I’ll treat your space as a separate room. Completely.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Modern mathematicians know that the terms have a limit; the numbers 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, and so forth are approaching zero as their limit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

We must deal with it on its own terms. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

At the end of a term in her class our books were as clean and the pages as stiff as they had been when they were issued to us. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

By continuing, you agree to our terms and accept our privacy policy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Below you will find some of the formal terms musicians use to describe texture. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He had been in Paris when the first terms of the peace treaty were settled. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could Hermione have a nervous breakdown—the generally preferred term for her friend who worked in the wireless—how could she choose silence and fear and sorrow in her children? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“And you did discuss terms? It isn't all commission?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Recognize which battles you have no choice but to lose; then lose them on your own terms. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

If he attended the meetings, he wouldn’t have to go on their terms. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

My refusal to play the Games on the Capitol’s terms is to be my last act of rebellion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She proposed that, when the fall school term started, I should be enrolled in the religious school rather than a secular one. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parker served a three-month term of enlistment in the Union army at the beginning of the war. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had been involved in negotiating with Lord Asriel about the terms of his imprisonment, and he remembered it well. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to think in grandiose terms like that, but it was impossible not to, because that night, catching my breath and looking up into the cloudless sky, everything did feel larger than life. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Spoken conversation is instinctive because social interaction is instinctive: we speak to those with whom we are on speaking terms. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I knew I could not match him and Danny in the breadth of their knowledge, but I wondered if I might not be able to keep up with them in terms of depth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone was thinking in terms of towers, but Burnham, for one, did not think a tower was the best approach. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The young lawyer was on civil, if not close, terms with Durham’s older black leaders, but he labored under no illusions about their willingness to take bold action. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A second area of active discussion since 1997 falls under a heading that could be termed “Why Europe, not China?” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why did he, too, think my life should run on his terms? The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I think that you are a liar and a cheat and that you deserve detention with me every Saturday until the end of term. What do you think, Potter?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was in this state that I first heard the term bipolar disorder. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He believed that when Harrison at last won his fifth two-year term—ideally in the upcoming April 1891 election, but perhaps not until the next, in 1893—he would reward Prendergast with a job. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Jomon skeletons show a high incidence of what pathologists term auditory exostosis, meaning abnormal bone growth in the ears as often observed in divers today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You weren’t with us last term. You can sit this one out if you like.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In science terms, the Earth would travel around the sun twice before I would be able to go back home for good. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

In terms of ratios, coins behave nicely: the ratio of heads to tails gets closer to 1 as the number of flips grows. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

To clarify this point, I will often use the term ‘Sapiens’ to denote members of the species Homo sapiens, while reserving the term ‘human’ to refer to all extant members of the genus Homo. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terms sounded in public to remind me in private of the truth: I was not—in a cultural sense—a minority, an alien from public life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I avoided Imre until the problem of my second term’s tuition forced me back across the river. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Last term we starred in this play called The Tempest. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

They believed it was best not to confuse or upset patients with frightening terms they might not understand, like cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Art music is a catch-all term for any music that is enjoyed by a smaller crowd. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes too you will see the term Phanerozoic used to describe the span encompassing the Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic eras. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the morning I decide that I've done a disservice to myself in terms of my physical achievement. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“In my exam today”—Julia twisted a strand of her hair—“this term I'm not totally sure about, ‘Pyrrhic victory’ came up. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

So on the last day of term I zoomed joyfully away and left school behind me for ever and ever. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to live my life on her terms. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If there was a way to release that video on your own terms, would you?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In environmental terms, Thoreau, who saw the landscape as imbued with an essential wildness that could be heedlessly destroyed, embodies physis. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And my response would be...well, let's just use the school-y terms—"not exemplary behavior." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Though he thought maybe he had made that term up. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Your term of service is over and the time of dissolution has come. I expected it, but—Well, the Master’s will be done!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

These must be the customers, and I’m glad to have learned the term in advance so I won’t wince or gag in front of management. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She spoke in most affectionate terms of them and seemed as happy as a child.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I should have realized that no train slave would suit me long term. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Napoleon was by this time on slightly better terms with the other farmers than before. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

As this squirm-making instance illustrates all too well, the time to define your terms is in advance, not as part of a rearguard action. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

An even more general term was available: ‘natural knowledge’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Frey and Freya, brother and sister, were leaders of the Vanir who would stay with the Aesir in Asgard from now on, under the terms of the truce. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Electrons as particles and electrons as waves were equally valid manifestations of the same thing; there was no contradiction, but rather, in Bohr’s term, “complementarity.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She refused, over and over, to give any single person her devotion, preferring instead to make a home for herself that she defined on her own terms, and of which she was master. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

All the hawks, and of course we are using the term loosely, for some were hawks and some were falcons, raised their belled feet again and sat at ease. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their hands are cuffed and they wear color-coded jailhouse jumpsuits: yellow for maximum security, blue for minimum, and red for administrative segregation, which is the official term for solitary confinement. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

While the terms of partnership were being drawn up, he stayed at a cheap lodging house on Fish Street. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the first moment I set foot in Hampden, I had begun to dread the end of term, when I would have to go back to Plano, and flat land, and filling stations, and dust. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

What no British bullet could do in the revolutionary war, the opposition press had managed to do in the political battles during his second term. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

You may even plead with them, by heaven! in gentle terms to quit their horseplay—not that they will heed you, rash as they are, facing their day of wrath. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the godspawn had magical gifts, though some of their abilities deserved the term gift more than others. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In her imagination she has set the limits and the terms. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This culture emerged at a particular moment in time: before it came into existence there could be no science as we understand the term. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

These works on optics were about ‘perspective’, a term which meant ‘the science of sight’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

These terms often appear below the staff, although writing them above the staff is also allowed. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

When court convened at the next term the court and sheriff were bolstered by sixty militiamen, but by then the defendant was not available for trial. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

As the new term opened at Berkeley, Ernest kept the spiral accelerator on the shelf, as there were numerous other projects to keep him distracted. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He had written, in chilling terms in 1929, about the probable coming of a master race, “a race physically strong, mentally alert and morally sound; a race not to be imposed upon.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As information goes, such terms are specific and straightforward—and therefore pretty useful. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Not much. She said she knew a really good therapist. ‘He’ll help you come to terms,’ she said. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The term concordance refers to the fraction of twins who possess a trait in common. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But those who are on good terms with the guard can get through, of course. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the logical climax of the whole misbegotten day, this whole out-of-joint term at Devon. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The penalties for violating security regulations covering information judged to be sensitive had a distinctly militaristic cast, with fines of up to $300,000 and jail terms as long as thirty years for “willful” disclosures. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Throughout the 1980s, drunk driving was a regular topic in the media, and the term designated driver became part of the American lexicon. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Three of the five terms correlated with a higher sale price are physical descriptions of the house itself: granite, Corian, and maple. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I was a male and did not know what that meant other than in terms of anatomy. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was a relief not to see everything in terms of tasteless decline—it easily becomes a habit of age. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But I’m trying to come to terms with it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

For Galileo’s use of the term, see below, p. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We laughed among ourselves at the idea of “warm” jail food; it was a contradiction in terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big woman who looked like a southern "sudsbuster" was in charge of women's work, and spoke in abstract, ideological terms. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only when agriculture came into practice—and that’s not very long ago in terms of the whole history—did a place achieve meaning and value and permanence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d seen the term in the Green Book and knew it referred to places where black people could be killed just for being there after dark, and no one would bat an eyelash. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Its goals are rigid and simply drawn, and the minds of the majority of politicians are set, congealed in terms of daily tactical maneuvers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m like everyone else—I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I did not worry too much about that because I carried a bigger load—the worry of making sure I came first this term. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for a burglar who liked to dress up as a nun and, unfortunately, I caught a real one instead. We've never been on good terms since then.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had opinions, and if you dealt with her, you would deal with those opinions in no uncertain terms. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

What there was was hot dogs, Coney Island style, as that term was used in Detroit, meaning they were served with chili sauce and onions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The term before, Mr. Lasher had recommended that I be put into a newly formed rapid advancement class, and I had taken the test to get in. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

For the entire trip I think the three of us were all on speaking terms for only one complete afternoon. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quintilian goes on to argue, interestingly, that sometimes what might be decorous in practical terms could be unbecoming sub specie aeternitate. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She was from Florida, and she was, as Katz forever after termed her in a special tone of awe, a piece of work. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the final year of his third term and preparing to retire, he was leaving not because of term limits but because of fatigue. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term, but the Green Movement exposed corruption—and dissension—within the regime. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The world’s sixth most important crop in terms of annual harvest, this large tuber has been fundamental to Amazonian diets for 7,000 years or more. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Keynote: As a musical term, keynote identifies the “key” of a piece. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Only 3 percent of Shenandoah’s two million annual visitors go more than a few yards into what is generously termed the backcountry. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Barack’s second term would prove to be easier in many ways than his first. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She had never been on her own in terms of moving, checking out neighborhoods, buying houses, driving cars. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The narration is one of the prime areas of a speech in which you are able to spin, and framing the terms of the debate is half the battle won. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

"An offer had to be made—though a wiser man might have offered sweeter terms." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

So I stayed on at Llandaff Cathedral School until the end of the summer term. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in terms of the center’s computing operations, Dorothy’s pool now existed on the periphery. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She thinks it’s funny, what she calls a term of endearment. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It was Rowan who had coined the term “lettuce-kid” to describe them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t imagine another term with this woman, and as long as I stayed on the honors English track I would be stuck being the spokesperson for the rest of my high school career. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He met the reverend on equal terms, disagreeing with him where others simply assented. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can one, however, dream of power in any other terms than in the symbols of power? The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Ex-mayor Carter Harrison, again running for a fifth term, strode about shaking hands, his black slouch hat raising cheers from supporters in the crowd. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Farmers would soon be coming in to arrange credit terms and buy seed and guano. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe you don’t fully understand the term “reasonable doubt.” 7TH JUROR: What d’ya mean, I don’t understand it? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, ‘experiment’ became in English a technical term for something scientists do; but not, as we have seen, in French. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There’s hardly any way to keep the école secondaire open another term without funds, and parents are anxious that education is only putting their children at greater risk. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far from being a racist, Grabarek had begun his term of office with the best possible intentions—a decent man operating within a bad system. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny White concurred, employing what was rapidly becoming his favorite term of displeasure: “It was foul.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She carried the baby to full term, and one evening in September, we helped her deliver a son. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“My father has not been on speaking terms with my uncle for some time.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But I was definitely, in no uncertain terms, reminded of my groundling status. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He said she would be the only “outsider,” a term that made her father flinch. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had not liked the term Native Americans. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was defeated after one term and returned to Johnstown to practice law. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“The word is not favored here, Mr. Malcolm X. The term Afro-American has greater meaning, and dignity.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In June 1986, Newsweek declared crack to be the biggest story since Vietnam/Watergate, and in August of that year, Time magazine termed crack “the issue of the year.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the 1920s, scientists were just beginning to understand living systems in chemical terms. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Slavery is forbidden in Pentos, by the terms of the treaty the Braavosi imposed on us a hundred years ago. Still, they will not refuse you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I use the term racial caste in this book the way it is used in common parlance to denote a stigmatized racial group locked into an inferior position by law and custom. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The term was so new that the New Orleans court reporter wasn’t sure how to write it out. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Was it possible that I was, in the modern term, in denial? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That History used the back verandah to negotiate its terms and collect its dues. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most students attend the University for several terms before being admitted into the Arcanum. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you think that the term ‘family feud’ could be accurately applied to the relationship between your family and that of the defendant? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s true that in terms of pure intellect, teenagers are just as smart as adults, just as able to reason, and just as knowledgeable about the consequences of risky behavior. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And we'd managed two terms in office without a major scandal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Each of us was talented in his own way, and we both hated twelve-year-old males, a demographic group second to none in terms of cruelty. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Nor do either of those terms connote the courage people in such pains exemplify, which is why I’d ask you to frame your mental health around a word other than crazy.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“The children will change what they call their parents. Father is now ‘Poh’ and not Daddy, Pa, or any other term. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when the terms go to zero, the sum is finite, a nice, normal number like 2 or 53. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And in fact the terms of whig and tory belong to natural as well as to civil history. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In terms of area conquered during his lifetime, he was in the league of Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I knew nonwhite graduate students who were bewildered by the requirement to compose a term paper and who each day were humiliated when they couldn’t compete with other students in seminars. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The term used by linguists to describe what Klotz was engaging in in that moment is “mitigated speech,” which refers to any attempt to downplay or sugarcoat the meaning of what is being said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

So when you deal with an infinite number of terms in a series, even the + sign doesn’t seem so straightforward. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Before the first week of term was up, awesome tales about the Headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, began to filter through to the newcomers. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

But once you began admitting explanations in terms of purpose—well, you didn’t know what the result might be. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But others do not think as I do. I would not see your first term unnecessarily complicated by such things. I expect things will be difficult enough for you without that additional worry.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fittingly, it falls to me, as someone who so awkwardly carried the label, to question it now, its juxtaposition of terms—minority, student. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d spent the past four years locked away in the padded room of college, reading Keats and Eudora Welty and worrying over term papers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Zero was so important to the new set of numbers that people started calling all numbers ciphers, which gave the French their term chiffre, digit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

As time passed, however, even sober men and women began to think of him in less-than-rational terms. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I said that our disagreement had been in terms of political direction and involvement in the extra-religious straggle for human rights. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new term started next morning with a pleasant surprise for the sixth years: a large sign had been pinned to the common room notice boards overnight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Only the hollow, formal, intellectual definitions of the separate terms. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

None of this will stop me from telling much of my version of the history of science in terms of the people involved, including Newton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, he told us, and we’re not even his friends. Though the FBI men seem to think he and I are on intimate terms.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The photographs these new cameras created were fast becoming known as “snap-shots,” a term originally used by English hunters to describe a quick shot with a gun. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Finally, he produces a term that denotes a coming together of both of those two things—to be countrymen is to experience romanitas as fellowship—and a fraternity between speaker and audience. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The only advice Bill gave me was to think about the main character in terms of the other main characters in the books I’ve read thus far. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I found Izzy's mom to be a contradiction in terms. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Not much happening in terms of jobs so I'm heading north tomorrow. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He now understood the issue of displacement in terms of volume, and it was an easy step then to grasp it in terms of weight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was the summer of 1929, a few weeks before the beginning of term. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He battled opponents on the strip and was forced to fight racism and classism in order to claim his spot among the annals of fencing greats, which he did on his own terms. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Lesage always read at the Carol Service, and Founder's Day, and once a term at least, in assembly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The legionaries might be armed and organized in the same manner as Unsullied ... but the eunuchs knew no other life, whereas the Ghiscari were free citizens who served for three-year terms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A little bingo is an old-school baseball term that means get a base hit. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it feels a little lonely, but at least it’s on my terms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Whereas his concerns focused on his own tribe, I had become involved with those who thought in terms of the entire nation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a boy in our dormitory during my first term called Tweedie, who one night started snoring soon after he had gone to sleep. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aloysius Stevens worked nights to satisfy the terms of his fellowship. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

His model was intended as a way of achieving that and, on its own terms, it failed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was he who coined the term "Big Bang," in a moment of facetiousness, for a radio broadcast in 1952. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“O for the P,” as Farmer would eventually abbreviate the term, was a simple concept. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Your Grace, forgive me. Those were not the terms that we agreed to.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They came to see him as something new under the sun, what in modern parlance might be termed a rowing “geek.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I memorized the Gothic style of the writing the hue of the ink, traced the stamp, and made note of the terms used. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He refused to accept Louis Agassiz’s idea of ice ages–"the refrigeration of the globe," as he dismissively termed it–and was confident that mammals "would be found in the oldest fossiliferous beds." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

This accurate description somehow got mistranslated as ‘tube’, but modern medicine seems to be stuck with the inaccurate version of the term.’ The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s a term you only learn if you own a mansion. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

With little available to me in terms of post-trauma counseling and therapy, I had traveled this painful journey hand in hand with God alone. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“One might. Though it’s not the term I would use myself.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

However, when Oresme tried to sum the terms in the sequence, he realized that the sums got larger and larger and larger. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The two questions are identical, of course, and the differing responses are a function of how the question is framed, whether in terms of lives saved or of lives lost. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re not going to do the extra credit for Faraci, you need to ace every test between now and the end of the term.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

One thing about the people at the Chthonian, they all seemed able to say just what they felt and meant in hard, clear terms. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was on friendly terms with Lillian Taylor, with whom she shared a passion for flowers and for The Magic Mountain and Mrs. Dallo- way. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were negotiating final terms for a plea to assault. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Showy, circus-like turns, though, were only a tiny part of what he could do at the piano in his ‘recitals’ - a term he coined for a solo piano concert. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon Mr. Patch-Withers, who was substitute Headmaster for the summer, offered the traditional term tea to the Upper Middle class. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was important in the long term, because in the nineteenth century it would provide a definitive test of whether light does travel as a wave or whether it travels as a stream of particles. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She had never heard the term Bleach-White Place and would have been horrified if she had. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A thing exists without words, but a fact is a statement, a term in a discourse. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

York might be young and untested, but as Ernest’s designated director, his managerial authority would be, at least in formal terms, indisputable. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

My time was pleasantly full, but not overburdened as it had been last term. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It's useful, therefore, to be familiar with the terms commonly used to describe each element. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

At this point, Nixon wheeled round and point by point, having defined the terms of the argument to his satisfaction, exonerated himself. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Aristotle drew up a whole list of “topics”—like “invention” and “proof,” the term has a special force in rhetoric. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

‘A Roman does not wait for death. She seeks it out and meets it on her own terms.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There was a strong possibility that if Howard secured the match race on these terms, his horse would be too compromised to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again physicists are talking about the cosmological constant—the mysterious term that Einstein added to his equations to balance the push of gravity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

After all, if you are thinking in geometric terms, what is a negative area? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She could not board with one family for more than one term, for that would cause jealousy—a family gained social ascendency by boarding the teacher. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He merely borrowed its main outlines while translating the figures into modern terms. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the first shock, after you’d come to terms, it was better to be lethargic. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gaur was indeed a “troublemaker,” in the best sense of that term, and was an influential man in the African community in ways that Mr. Sidelsky did not know or suspect. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although his illness wasn’t diagnosed, he called it camp fever, a term often used for typhoid fever. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Therefore, he wasn’t planning on running for another term. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The “earth art” of the prehistoric Indians of North America, the so-called Mound Builders, is comparable to the megalithic monuments of Europe in terms of the effort involved. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because it did not exist in classical Latin discooperio never established itself as a respectable term; in any case, discovery was such a new concept that at first it required explication. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Briony had heard her mother and sister analyze the latest twists and outrages, charges and countercharges, and she knew her cousins' visit was an open-ended one, and might even extend into term time. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After coming to terms with who I am, I had so many questions. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He also described the flight of birds and the swimming motion of fish in mathematical terms. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Critics called these women “suffragettes,” a word intended to be disparaging, but the women embraced the term as one of power and rebellion. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The beleaguered president decided not to run for a second term. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

So common is confinement among the older brothers of young minority-group men I have met in New York City that a prison term seems practically inevitable to many, almost a rite of passage. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he was very upset when I saw him last. And of all of us, I think you’re on the best terms with him at the moment.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The crunch came during my second term when I was exactly nine and a half, and it happened during evening Prep. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it catches you in the wrong frame of mind, the King James Bible can make you want to drink poison in no uncertain terms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was possible consequendy to use these terms and to feel at once a close bond, and the distance of formality. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he coined the term physical education and took his appalled young charges on brisk rambles of thirty-five or forty miles over the neighboring mountains. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The interesting thing to my mind was the fact that Colonel Arbuthnot called her Mary and was clearly on terms of intimacy with her. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was during this period that Ernest acquired the reputation of a relentless taskmaster in command of a growing brigade; the recurring term in personal reminiscences of the Rad Lab is “slave driver.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As far as Dimple knew, she and the Aberzombies weren’t even on speaking terms. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Olmsted had begun to think in terms of fallback arrangements. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If the patient was hotter than the doctor’s hand they were, in absolute terms, hot, and that was that. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The exam results came out on the last day of term. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There are jocular terms for it: up the spout, Sun in the oven. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

If one confesses and the other doesn’t, the one who confesses will be rewarded by being let go, while the other one will get a five-year term. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our city, I mean. In terms of land area. What percentage?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But after that term, I worked extra hard so I would never have to learn that particular lesson again! Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He has had the bounce knocked out of him since he has been in the trenches and wants to get on good terms with us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I needed to understand how the great gatekeepers of history had come to terms with their own ignorance and partiality. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He could have easily won a fourth term had he wanted it, but he didn’t. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

So they soon turned to more difficult problems: quadratic equations—equations that begin with an x2 term, like x2 – 1 = 0. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He saw his quest for her in chess terms: “I have been in lost positions before...worse than this, and I won!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The notion that we must understand the past in its own terms, though, can place historians under a perverse pressure to find someone in the past who can act as spokesperson for their own views. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

What brought the Old Stone Age to a close has been termed the Neolithic Revolution. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Over the past few weeks, a dust storm has been developing in Arabia Terra. Not a big deal in terms of magnitude. It won't hinder his driving at all." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In eighteen twenty-four. Monroe had—will have—two terms.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were very small classes, and besides, no classroom could have approached it in terms of comfort, or privacy. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The English teacher said we had to turn in a term paper or a photo essay on somebody we admired. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

After a suitable pause, Riddick expertly shifted gears and began talking about the charrette in practical and even somewhat technical terms. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It must have reinforced his certainty that it was unclimbable, because he accepted Calixte’s terms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As she worked, Elizebeth had to come to terms with the fact that her own vital role in wartime code breaking was vanishing from sight, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Once blackness and crime, especially drug crime, became conflated in the public consciousness, the “criminalblackman,” as termed by legal scholar Kathryn Russell, would inevitably become the primary target of law enforcement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"Your next school term begins in a few days," she said, "so we don't have any time to waste." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She said the proper term for it is Tourette syndrome. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe it stops you from swerving, from ever even considering a swerve, because what you risk losing in terms of other people’s high regard can feel too costly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Those North Africans would hardly be confused with blue-eyed blond-haired Swedes, but most laypeople would still call them “whites” because they have lighter skin and straighter hair than peoples to the south termed “blacks.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Third, when Washington talked about independence from foreign nations, his understanding of what American independence entailed cut much deeper than the patriotic veneer customarily suggested by the term. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Having been in the house, I could well believe him; but if he knew what I know, he would, I think, have raised his terms. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The transaction did occur, which meant that the officer had agreed to the terms. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

No matter how unsatisfactory, the term will have to do for lack of a better one. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Washington listened to the unanimous advice of all his cabinet officers and reluctantly agreed to serve a second term, he tucked away Madison s draft for another day. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t he come to terms with the fact that their odds of not catching the disease were almost zero? The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

After defeating Brutus and Cassius, the Caesarian generals went their separate ways to oversee parts of the Republic as agreed under the terms of the Triumvirate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

At the next level up is a kind of technology best termed “halfway technology.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt had been our president for more than three terms in office. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In terms of psychoanalytic theory, it had very little to do with the human mind. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“About your mark: You haven’t turned in work this term. I should have failed you. But at the last moment, I decided to pass you so that you could graduate with your class.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In terms, that is, of family, which wasn’t so much an idea for her, as an aesthetic. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the terms of our country’s founding document, slaves were defined as three-fifths of a person not a real, whole human being. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He could never be on close terms with Emily or Jack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even the children were scolded if they used the term lightly at play, jeering at a teammate who missed a catch or stumbled in a race. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

By a similar process in German, the rarer term, Naturgesetz, comes to mean primarily law of nature, while the commoner term, Naturrecht, continues to mean natural law. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We didn’t need them; our bags and brown leather sandals were still new, only a term old. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He uses the familiar term cousin, something Lake sector civilians often use. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He had only referred to his race in two ways—as African American and black—terms that had become popular after the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We come next, to mere details of arrangement. You must know that, although I have used the term ‘expectations’ more than once, you are not endowed with expectations only. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mother Ermentrude summons me and in brief terms informs me of the decision. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He read and reread the works of Stephen Potter—the English writer who coined the terms one-upmanship and gamesmanship—not as social satire but as a manual of practical stratagems. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Peace is sweet, my lady ... but on what terms? It is no good hammering your sword into a plowshare if you must forge it again on the morrow." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Thousands of women have been sentenced to lengthy terms in prison for writing bad checks or for minor property crimes that trigger mandatory minimum sentences. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was only within the last 11,000 years that some peoples turned to what is termed food production: that is, domesticating wild animals and plants and eating the resulting livestock and crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There are some common terms used in discussions of melody that you may find it useful to know. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In terms of civil service, you were only on probation for a year. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In terms of notation, Kodály’s exercises do not have to use the regular musical staff. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And if I really could save Peeta...in terms of a revolution, this would be ideal. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Homer’s duties encompassed driving the team, sundry maintenance, and what Ridgeway termed “bookkeeping.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Classical music is a confusing term with more than one meaning. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Stuart Symington, the secretary of the Air Force, articulated Americans' fears in their starkest terms. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Jack and the others talked in terms of "we," but it was a different, bigger "we." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We had too many kids who were just nowhere in terms of reading,” he said. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Tibe was already making the most of his term of power. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

In terms of my participation in things, I am trying to go to social events that they set up in my school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Often, as in the case of term life insurance prices, the information existed but in a woefully scattered way. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Droysen used the term to refer to the diffusion of Greek culture over previously non-Greek areas, such as Persia, Syria, and Egypt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Boyle was a deeply religious man who gave money to pious causes and by the terms of his will founded the Boyle Lectures for the conversion of unbelievers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

An innocent teenager in the middle of God’s green hell with no telephone, and not on speaking terms with her parents? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came to regret this mistake, however, when the winter term ended and I went back to my comfortable little room in Monmouth House and all my old incompetent ways. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had kicked the Fugees out of the park, the story now went, for breaking the terms of its agreement with the city. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

His preferred term is the post-classical word ostensio, a display or showing, which he defines as ‘a manifest demonstration by means of a body’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

These were words I had never thought about in English terms. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had struggled a long time with that loss, believed he had resigned himself to it, had come to terms with the fact that old age would be not remembering what things felt like. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is quite another to condemn all use of hindsight and to insist that the past should only be presented ‘in its own terms’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The president has ambitious plans for his second term in office. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

We’ll be back about a week before term starts and we’ll be going up to London to get my wand and our new books. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

You probably don’t believe me—I wouldn’t in your place—but I’ve had 143 days to come to terms with our inevitable destruction, and I’ve spent most of those days thinking about the future. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The other boys in the school began the term talking about college. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In technical terms, the albedo of the moon is .07, which means that it bounces back only 7 percent of the light striking it, absorbing the other 93 percent. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we’d live them on our own terms—and if we were going to die, by God, we’d take a few wights with us along the way. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Creditors love the term the ‘democratization of credit,’ ” said Travis B. Plunkett, the legislative director of the Consumer Federation of America, a consumer lobbying group. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

This was the thing about Clancy—the thing I was quickly coming to terms with. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt was elected to a fourth term in the fall of 1944 without the help of Rass, which went solidly Republican as usual. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also served four prison terms in England. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We should meet the people on their own terms, even if that meant appearing to collaborate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent a year and a half in an orphanage while his father served a jail term for forgery. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth and her team took note and adopted the same terms. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Named 1991 BA, it was noticed as it sailed past us at a distance of 106,000 miles–in cosmic terms the equivalent of a bullet passing through one’s sleeve without touching the arm. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“But can you think that Lydia is so lost to everything but love of him as to consent to live with him on any terms other than marriage?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The term ‘chaconne’ may come from the sound of the Mexican castanets used to accompany the dance. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Like the Zeno sequence and Suiseth’s sequence, all the terms get closer and closer to zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The government of Nepal recognized that the throngs flocking to Everest created serious problems in terms of safety, aesthetics, and impact to the environment. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But with everything else going on just at that time, I didn’t, as I say, think in these terms at all. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only if we could picture the universe in terms of imaginary time would there be no singularities. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So classical atomism, as revised and reconstructed in the seventeenth century by Gassendi, Descartes and others, explained nature in terms of interacting particles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We girls didn’t really know football terms—American or any other kind—but we understood our teacher. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She returned to the “prison”—her term for Riverbank—only to collect her belongings. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“My father is a man of honor. If I put my seal to an agreement, he will fulfill its terms. You have my word on that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Over time, primitive languages evolved to distinguish between one, two, and many, and eventually one, two, three, many, but didn’t have terms for higher numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Suddenly customers were paying $1 billion less a year for term life insurance. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Nor had there been any radical changes among insurance companies, insurance brokers, or the people who buy term life insurance. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Senate and other offices—it was certainly handicapped, at least in the short term, by Kennedy’s brazen dissemination of inside information. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Knowing three of the terms in the equation above, he was then in a position to calculate the final term, the circumference of the earth. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Apartheid, was a new term but an old idea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bunny doesn’t think of it in those terms,” he said wearily. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The term “correction officer” is imbued with the promise of reform and assistance. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hamilton tried to reassure him that his sensitivities on this score were excessive, that if he did choose to run for a third term, he would win in a walk. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It has radical and, in modern terms, libertarian implications, because it regards any accommodation of personal freedom to governmental discipline as dangerous. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Four miles after leaving Cloud Pond, I came to a tiny stream, barely worthy of the term—really just a slick of moist mud. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The dry vernacular of the science paper read: “The current data shows the need to text now may simply reflect the need to engage in a behavior that only has value in the short term.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I did not put it, to myself, in terms of love. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Solar cells are great in the short term, and they're good for the long term if you have humans around to clean them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He prefers money as a concept and often uses terms such as annuity and fiduciary, words definitely not listed in the dictionary of mindless entertainment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Butler. Cover. I thought speaking in primal terms would be the quickest route to your cognitive functions. Obviously I was mistaken.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then Dr. Noguera closed the window with the pretext that there was too much sun, and explained to him in simple terms that it was a patriotic duty to assassinate Conservatives. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“We are the king’s advisers, or, in more formal terms, his cabinet.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d only heard about it from Erastis, who described it in numinous terms, as if the Book were made out of light and magic instead of paper and thread. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In Capitol terms, I’m guessing this counts as a true tragedy. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our project this term was to design and make some sort of a scraper. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Classmates was the term which one government official might use for another official who had passed the government exams in the same year as he. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For this, I suggest a term of imprisonment in Azkaban lasting no less than —” But there was an angry outcry from the surrounding benches. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The Middle, so long as it was struggling for power, had always made use of such terms as freedom, justice, and fraternity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The terms in the infinite series didn’t have a limit or a destination; they seemed to get smaller and smaller without any particular end in sight. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I would never consider him that, and not just because the term itself is dated. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“And may I ask—” said Elizabeth; “but the terms, I suppose, must be complied with.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Chuckie” was a derisive term coined by infantrymen, using the army’s spelling alphabet where a word is assigned to each letter of the alphabet. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Thus, in simple terms, Bentley was right: the new science did undermine belief in magic and witchcraft, just as it undermined belief in astrology and alchemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We spend the rest of the day de-dustifying—my term for getting rid of all of the icky dust—and mopping the floors. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘Surety you crave! Sauron gives none. If you sue for his clemency you must first do his bidding. These are his terms. Take them or leave them!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

This is a term Dad uses with Anthony when they’re talking through baseball stuff. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

What are our long term goals? he said. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was longing for peace but on his own terms. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

In terms of species richness, Balee told me, the forest islands of Bolivia are comparable to any place in South America. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A vague gesture of his fingers indicated he spoke in broad terms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Desperate to stop such an alliance, Wentworth begged Franklin to talk to British officials and end the war—on British terms. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nexus-6 android types, Rick reflected, surpassed several classes of human specials in terms of intelligence. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“No. It’s just indigestion. Of course, indigestion, also known as dyspepsia, is a term that describes a wide range of gastrointestinal maladies.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t terms that came up in prison. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Dysphagia is the medical term for not being able to swallow, and I know that there are two kinds of dysphagia: oropharyngeal and esophageal. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Ben knew that the exile was almost over, that his term of loneliness would be shortened the first time he touched the ball in practice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we place our orders, I say, “So, have y’all thought in terms of the talent show?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The only other place he had been was West Lafayette, Indiana, doing a term of research at Purdue. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They feel like a crescendo, but they don’t necessarily seem to add up to one in terms of meaning. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

They raised prices at the start of the teaching period when demand was high, only to offer bargains at the end of the term when there was no longer a need for a specimen. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He finds the term “African-American” too limiting, since it doesn’t reflect his white and American Indian heritage. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The terms are in Italian, and are listed from slowest to fastest. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Jon said, “Your Grace, the leader of the free folk has agreed to my terms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I am trying to do my best” Elaine said: “Under any terms, you are my good and gracious lord.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s more to the job in terms of giving people what they want. But you gotta work up to it.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Leave Brooklyn? Boy, this is home. You leave home on your terms, not because someone ran you out. Got that?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

If the gene was the central currency of biological information, then major characteristics of the living world—not just heredity—should be explicable in terms of genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In this, 14 and 17, the vanishing point, incomprehensible in Aristotelian terms, is mysteriously obscured, showing how sensitive artists were to the clash between mathematics and philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“In terms of the scientific literature, you are correct.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Walter withstood a barrage of hostile questions and rose above Yutar’s petty machinations to explain our policy in clear and simple terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, in practical terms, it was impossible not to turn away from an inmate occasionally—as Rufino’s shiner demonstrated. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you pass or am I going to be stuck holding your hand for another term?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Doing so is sometimes termed the “broad base” fallacy, and we’ve already cited a couple of instances of it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twelve were condemned to death, seven to prison terms, and three were acquitted. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Onstage that night, John Edwards took a shot at Clinton, speaking in veiled terms about sincerity and trustworthiness being important. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In English there was an alternative: Robert Boyle invented the term ‘the corpuscularian philosophy’ in 1662 to cover both ancient atomism and Descartes’ new corpuscular theory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It will now be apparent that Descartes and Boyle both have what we may term mechanical philosophies, but that they are very different. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But what all this chant had in common was that it was one memorised, meandering tune with no accompaniment and no harmonising, the Greek term for which is monophonic: one voice. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said I, casting my eyes over the note, which was exactly in those terms. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And it never occurred to you that this stalker Bellstone might be worth mentioning to the police in terms of investigating Immie’s disappearance?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“How can I? The science fair will do more to determine who wins the Excelsior Award than anything else this term!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

All we’ve done this term is copy out chunks from The Lives of the Great Composers. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

II. The term "etymology" as used in grammar must be carefully distinguished from "etymology" in the sense of word-analysis. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one took them seriously—in terms of them being racist or whatever. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“You don’t look at all well, and I’m afraid your term of existence is drawing to an end. Still, would you like to see some of the readings recorded today?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He was forever dropping slangy terms into his sentences like dumplings in a pot. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether a monument such as this should be termed architecture is a matter of definition. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

William handled the terms of the transfer, and legally the gift was in his name only. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A “grand canonical ensemble” is, oddly enough, the proper term for a quantitative model system in thermodynamics, borrowed from music by way of mathematics. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, we haven't exactly laid out the terms of this blackmail arrangement, but clearly it goes something like this: Martin asks for whatever the hell he wants. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It is too solid and unequivocal a term to be used as a euphemism and this seems to be what we are attempting. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave thirty-five years' service to Lord Darlington; one would surely not be unjustified in claiming that during those years, one was, in the truest terms, 'attached to a distinguished household'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wittgenstein explained that there are some terms we have and use quite reliably which we cannot adequately define. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The basic approach utilizes discovery in terms of music learning, and also is synchronous with many of the 21st-century learning approaches discussed in Chapter 1. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But now I no longer had to live every day worrying about my next term’s tuition or the interest on Devi’s loan. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The SRC elections were held in the final term of the year, while we were in the midst of examination preparations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buck’s envy of his competitor couldn’t be explained in traditional business terms. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The whole collection of different formulations could be regarded as a complete unified theory, though one that could not be expressed in terms of a single set of postulates. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, slowly, the term minority became a source of unease. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The term is misleading, since these mounds vary greatly in shape and purpose as well as in date, ranging from about 2000 B.C. to the time of the Europeans’ arrival. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chamber occupied the place where hearts would go in a true body, so that was what they called it, but that was just their own term. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For example: Here’s an explanation of the rhetorical term syllepsis: “the use of a word that relates to, qualifies, or governs two or more other words but has a different meaning in relation to each.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

We landed with our full force and, knowing from the pilot that this was the house of a rebel, offered no terms for conveyance, but rather made straight for the stores and livestock to pillage. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“How many terms has our young E’lir been attending the University?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Clearly Dub was mad about their relationship...was that why Siobhan and her father weren’t on speaking terms? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then, the night before fall term began, Wil, Sim, and I posted them on every flat surface we could find on both sides of the river. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If he’s honest, private aviation doesn’t really get old, not even three years into his mother’s term. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He saw the principal role of chemistry as finding out what things are made of, and coined the term ‘chemical analysis’ to describe this process. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He exposed one of the tricks the planters used to get around the terms of the indenture contract. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The teachers in his new year were even worse because they only knew him in terms of his mum and not who he was before. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, there is a complicated network of terms, and a change in the meaning of one term results in adjustments in the meaning of all the others. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She was my first true female friend, a woman I met on equal terms with whom I could confide and share secrets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They discussed the war in their own terms. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One study of the past three decades found a growing percentage of families that remained in the same fifth of families in terms of income, moving neither up nor down. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Gray-faced and fiftyish, she must be the apotheosis of “servant leadership” or, in more secular terms, the vaunted “feminine” style of management. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned early one important thing, and that was to always teach in terms that the people could understand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plantation is an outdated term she likes to use to gloss up the farm, while the “orchard” is a barren apple tree. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Listen my boy, we’ve talked about this before. Just be patient. You need to give Lorren more time to cool off. It’s only been a term or so ” “It’s been half a year!” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a gesture which, if anyone had still thought in such terms, might have recalled an eighteenth-century nobleman offering his snuffbox. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then I'll know how fast the storm is moving, at least in terms of percent power loss. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of these conditions was present during Adams’s term as president. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Lots of girls don’t appreciate that term. It sounds as if you don’t respect them, and part of being a man is knowing how to respect women.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But the two lines I saw graded status in purely racial terms. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than 650,000 people are released from prison each year, and for many, finding a new home appears next to impossible, not just in the short term, but for the rest of their lives. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The Irish Chasers were too good. He wanted to end it on his terms, that’s all. “He was very brave, wasn’t he?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z