| 单词 | usage |
| 例句 | For the time being, however, the guardians of usage frown very deeply on anyone writing “quarto’s”. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z My advice will often shock purists and occasionally puzzle readers who have always been under the impression that this word meaning or that grammatical usage is an error. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He made them taste Mrs. Hile’s pie and share Sam Gardiner’s candy; he showed them the book on English usage and told them about the cartoon in the paper relating to General McClellan’s late demotion. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z This usage of the terms ‘philosophy’ and ‘philosopher’ survived much longer than one might think. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was rare for a witch to be jailed; only killings on a mass scale and usage of dangerous Forbidden Curses ever warranted it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Like many usage controversies, the brouhaha over like a cigarette should is a product of grammatical ineptitude and historical ignorance. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Every year they fill out questionnaires on pronunciation, meaning, and usage, and the dictionary reports the results in usage notes attached to entries for problematic words. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Because all the free usage stimulated a massive growth in the network, which was valuable to all the paying customers. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “I really reject and resent the fact that people are saying that cell phone usage and drunk driving are the same,” he said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Another firestorm can be extinguished by recalling that the conventions of usage are tacit. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z However, if you feel you are safe paddling in these sparklingly clear shallows of comma usage, think again. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z The new name didn’t fool anybody, though, and never entered common usage. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What was it that stimulated investors to believe that demand for Internet usage and Internet-related products would be infinite? The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The Greeks returned the favor: over the roughly one thousand years of Greco-Roman dominion of Egypt, we have no evidence of any Egyptian word making its way into common Greek usage. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Since were so busy, were limiting Internet usage to twenty minutes per person.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “The University of Utah study linking drunk driving or cell phone usage is patently ridiculous. It’s inaccurate, and I can prove it to you right now.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In Ionia, the Phoenician alphabet was first adapted to Greek usage and widespread literacy became possible. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Descriptivists believe that the rules of correct usage are nothing more than the secret handshake of the ruling class, designed to keep the masses in their place. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z At the same time, there is something that is objectively true about usage. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Most of us find the old usage awkward, though I must admit that I still use “This is she” when someone asks for me on the phone. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In resigning themselves to the role of chronicling ever-changing usage, they are acknowledging the wisdom of Thomas Carlyle’s famous reply to Margaret Fuller’s statement “I accept the universe”: “Gad! She’d better.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In its report the company stated its determination to "maximize the cash generated by TEL as its usage continues to phase down around the world." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But the writers I have in mind are the purists—also known as sticklers, pedants, peevers, snobs, snoots, nit- pickers, traditionalists, language police, usage nannies, grammar Nazis, and the Gotcha! The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Galileo and his correspondents happily discuss facts, but there are Italian usages from much earlier, from the 1570s. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Still another reason to care about usage is to ratify a certain attitude to language. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z So if the more relaxed usage sounds better to your ear and you’re not concerned about being stricdy correct, allow yourself some latitude. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was also Ross Milton’s book—the book on English usage. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea that there are exactly two approaches to usage—all the traditional rules must be followed, or else anything goes—is the sticklers’ founding myth. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Golden, still getting maximum usage from his beloved Grade Sorter, raved about the design to one of his former classmates, the director of a big city think tank in Richmond, Virginia. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Dictionaries now accept this usage, a development I find discomforting. discreet/discrete. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In Britain, where standard usage is to leave it out, there are those who put it in - including, interestingly, Fowler's Modem English Usage. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z In his usage the meaning of the word has not yet moved far from its original reference to voyages of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Many of the commonest usage errors are the result of writers thinking logically when they should be mindlessly conforming to convention. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z 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 Neither the nominalist nor the mathematical usages are particularly common, and we cannot show any direct influence from either of them on seventeenth-century usages. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z 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 The editor was often a visitor, spending hours talking to Matt, staying overnight now and then, and testing Jethro’s progress in the book on English usage. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z In his conclusion, Nathan hypothesized that the higher levels in Phoenix were due to the presence of hospitals and cell phone usage. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Silas, do we need to talk about your internet usage?” she asks. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z This raises the question of how a careful writer can distinguish a legitimate rule of usage from a grandmother’s tale. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Among some, accustomed to this practice by long usage in Africa, there is stoical assent; but the most are struck with horror. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z This is the same sense of ‘modern’ which underlies Butterfield’s title The Origins of Modern Science, and reflects a usage established by the contemporaries of Newton. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There is a kind of writer who makes issues of usage impossible to ignore. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Skills: listening, speaking, writing, story telling, explaining, teaching, using humor, understanding the syntax and meaning of words, remembering information, convincing someone of their point of view, analyzing language usage. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Somewhere he’d heard that normal usage of water was a gallon a day, and even at that rate he had enough for three weeks—twenty-one days. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We were prodigal in its usage, we were reckless with its implications. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was his usage, then, not Koyré’s, that Butterfield adopted with some discomfort, believing that it would already be familiar to many of his listeners and readers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The ambiguous usages of Noah Biggs and Alexander Ross, discussed earlier, also follow the publication of Hobbes’s Humane Nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I felt strange. Because their methods were different. They were learning usages that my group hadn’t learned yet, so we felt stupid.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “I bet Evelyn’s monitoring all the electricity usage—it’s the best way to figure out if people are meeting in secret.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Newspaper columns on usage are filled with apologies for “errors” like these, spotted by ombudsmen or managing editors who have trained themselves to flag them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When in doubt, consult a usage guide or pick the plural that’s listed first in the dictionary. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, as Evelyn Waugh wrote: “Everyone has always regarded any usage but his own as either barbarous or pedantic.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I say take your pick, especially in casual usage. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In their zeal to purify usage and safeguard the language, they have made it difficult to think clearly about felicity in expression and have muddied the task of explaining the art of writing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In fact, these reference works, with their careful attention to history, literature, and actual usage, are the most adamant debunkers of grammatical nonsense. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When it comes to best practices in usage, there is no higher authority. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Although he knew some Russian, Bobby had trouble with the declensions and usage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Long years of practice and usage had made her rump an unusually versatile and dexterous thing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The first step in mastering usage is to understand why the myth is wrong. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z So how can we reconcile the conviction that certain usages are wrong with the absence of any authority that ever decided what was right? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Girls with their heads bent toward their phones, which wouldn’t last long at Fullbrook—they were pretty strict about no phone usage, when they could enforce it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The key is to recognize that the rules of usage are tacit conventions. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “We’re launching a fascinating study of the energy usage here at Seaward.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The makers of these dictionaries were Prescriptivists: they prescribed correct usage. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I divide the hundred usage issues into points of grammar, the expression of quantity and quality, word choice, and punctuation. adjectives and adverbs. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In recent years, dictionaries have come to accept a looser usage, meaning “because of” or “on account of”: Richie threw the suit away due to the hole. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Your usage would sound distinctly bizarre, even to a man who was not with the Royal Artillery.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Because that's the only suitable usage for all of that excess footage. You don't love live shows: I have questions for concertgoers who record everything 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z I just think they'd get further with an approach that takes into account more of the reasons that parents fail to follow the guidelines for car-seat usage. Motherlode Blog: Car-Seat Installation in the Real World: Harder Than It Looks 2013-01-17T19:22:45Z I found study after study showing the possible correlation between increased rates of anxiety, suicide rates and eating disorders tracking alongside increased rates of usage. Feeling Bad? Maybe It’s Time to Log Off. 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z And that reflected the law – men did own women and so usage grew from that. ‘Hussy, baggage or filly’: are these really dictionary definitions of a ‘woman’? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Now that I'm scuba-certified in celery usage, though, I relish a little race against time. In defense of celery, a criminally underrated ingredient 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Yet it’s a dated and derogatory word, one that the Cowhead Show and Sign Generator’s usage makes clear. Stop mocking Adam Holland 2013-04-30T15:04:00Z The truck drivers, for their part, pointed out that, in addition to the missing comma, the law as written flouts “the parallel usage convention.” A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Two students recalled the time their school hosted a mental health seminar and invited a mental health speaker to come and talk to them about addiction and drug usage. The 6 biggest Juul revelations from Netflix’s docuseries “Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul” 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Apple’s Screen Time does the same thing, breaking down your phone usage: you were on Twitter for twenty-five minutes yesterday, devoted fifty-seven minutes to Messaging, fifteen minutes to “Reading and Reference.” The Seductiveness of Insta-Nostalgia 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Best usage of eerie classic country music in a science fiction novel: Michel Faber's use of Patsy Cline piped over the speakers on some faraway planet, "The Book of Strange New Things" Randall Roberts Music Awards 2014: 100 trophy moments 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Alexie, who called Hudson’s usage of a Chinese pen name “colonial theft,” admitted that he was angry at himself for being fooled. Actual Asian poets use #WhitePenName to respond to poetry controversy 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z The Word of the Year is based on usage evidence drawn from Oxford’s continually updated corpus of more than 11 billion words, gathered from news sources across the English-speaking world. Oxford’s 2020 Word of the Year? It’s Too Hard to Isolate 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z In exchange, members of the family will receive lifetime immunity from civil lawsuits over their role in promoting and encouraging the accelerated usage of OxyContin. "Dopesick" is an ineffective prescription for telling the story of the opioid crisis 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Primary among those initiatives, he said, were audience development, accelerated foundation giving, the renovation of the theater's seats and an increase in the number of nonsubscription shows to expand the regular usage of the facility. Pasadena Playhouse executive director to depart for San Diego Theatres 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z But that doesn’t mean they ignore how the English language and usage are evolving. 5 earth-shattering changes in the new edition of ‘The Chicago Manual of Style’ 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z This comes after Netflix removed four other comedy series from circulation due to their usage of blackface, including "Little Britain" and its follow-up "Come Fly With Me," "The Mighty Boosh," and "The League of Gentlemen." Like it or not, it's comedy's turn to contend with its role in perpetuating systemic racism 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Lakoff emphasized that this is different from the Democrats’ labeling some conservatives racist, sexist or homophobic — which they do — if only because that usage is not as “canny” or strategic. Perspective | The coded language of the alt-right is helping to power its rise 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z "The Old Man" shows the 72-year-old Bridges getting thrown around, slamming against walls and hard floors, and even considering the production's usage of a stunt double, it's an incredibly physical portrayal. Jeff Bridges on the Dude, making "The Old Man" and the experience of "dancing with my mortality" 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z That it has gained such widespread usage during a period of staggering unemployment and economic ruin is but one oddity of our moment. How Many Is a Trillion? 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Powell writes that he “systematized a treatment of dialogue now scarcely possible to appreciate, so much has the Hemingway usage taken the place of what went before.” A Portrait of the Artist as a Droll Slacker 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z In fewer than 140 characters, I count one error in punctuation, one in spelling, one in grammar and one in word usage. ‘I am a genious’ and other cluelessly ironic spelling errors 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Notice the emotional loss is expressed in a comment about grammatical usage. Poem of the week: Sonnet 30 by Robert Sidney 2013-05-20T09:01:27Z The solar panels feed a limited bank of batteries, and so I became profoundly aware of my electrical usage. Detroit: The Most Exciting City in America? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Health care usage was only marginally higher for individuals classified as obese. How taxing sugary drinks reinforces weight stigma 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z “OK,” whose earliest usage is 1839, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, generally means things are good or all right. Language evolves, and that’s okay (O.K.?) 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z At least half of Shakespeare's allusions are unfamiliar, and many senses, puns and proverbial usages have been completely lost. Don Paterson on Shakespeare's sonnets 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z Linguistic experts say it is harder to change usage habits of words uttered frequently in speech, such as “she” and “he.” Me, Myself and Mx. 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z While the product has a loyal following, over the years usage has declined. How Google made me get into bed with Hitler 2013-03-17T00:05:49Z All this celebrity endorsement sent Twitter usage rocketing. How Twitter has become the people's voice on the eve of its fifth birthday 2011-02-13T00:06:29Z Miller contended in the court papers that he and Kraft agreed they were on loan, citing “custom and usage in the trade at the time,” and that he made repeated requests for their return. Frank Miller Sues Widow of Comics Magazine Editor for the Return of Artworks 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z When Apple computers came along, it would pay the Beatles a kingly sum for usage rights. Review: Paul McCartney’s Yesterdays. All of Them. 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z I’ve been thinking about the original incarnation of “Twin Peaks” because thanks to responsible mask usage, I can’t see people’s mouths anymore — and “Twin Peaks” is among the most orally fixated shows ever. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Commercial cinemas do not have the same reach to normalise the usage of odious language. Letters: Racist language is no joke – even in an episode of Fawlty Towers 2013-01-25T21:00:07Z Social circles do carry over to technological usage. These Are the Best Calling Apps for Travelers 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Clever usage of screen captures from Season 4 abounded, including stills of Brett fuming "This should not happen. This is avoidable": "Love Is Blind" promised a live reunion, only to stand us up. So, what did we learn? 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z We know that he has full authorial approval, not least because – not unlike Amis – he is an etymology pedant and a usage bore, with a near-religious reverence for the Concise Oxford Dictionary. Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis – review 2012-06-08T21:55:05Z “In common usage this word is not a joke, it is used very negatively and as a slur against women.” Australian company, locals defend 'offensive' tourism slogan: 'Snowflakes melt in the heat' 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Both seasoned lexicographers, they realized that Americans were coining new words, using old ones in new ways and preserving usages the British had dropped. A Defense of the Semicolon and Other Adventures in the English Language 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Rightist vigilantes like the Cliven Bundy family openly defied the law, grazed cattle on federal lands and refused — backed by supporters with guns pointed at federal agents — to pay for that usage. Who Owns the American West? And Who Should Profit From It? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z A subscription costs $4.99 a month, with usage allowed for up to six family members. Apple TV Plus joins streaming wars with Oprah but no library 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z And popular culture suffered a permanent loss when management quashed Linda Cohn's baseball highlights catchphrase after just one usage: "master batter." Those Guys Have All the Fun: An Unauthorized, Uninhibited History of ESPN 2011-05-25T15:20:00Z Its new usage is socially tied to millennials, who experience that transitional phase into adulthood at different — usually later — stages than past generations. Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z In its modern usage, the word continues to imply a qualitative ranking of objects and ideas in categories of superior or less-than. Making Museums Moral Again 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z “People were clearly encountering this new use and turning to the dictionary for clarity and for usage guidance.” 'They' declared 2019 'word of the year' by Merriam-Webster 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z I agree that this informal usage shouldn’t be used in your communications with customers, but among colleagues, you should tolerate it. Perspective | Ask Amy: Inheritance issue unties purse strings 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Perhaps we insist on usage norms to reclaim a lost sense of agency: These sentence fragments I have shored up against my ruin. The Hedonic Appeal of “Dreyer’s English” 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Last spring, as they distilled data into text, the scientists who wrote the report spent long hours debating the usage of "likely." How should we talk about what’s happening to our planet? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Pinker, who has felt unfairly dismissed as a descriptivist, says that his new usage does not reflect either camp. Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z This specifically refers to his usage of “hope” in that statement, not “I have faith” or “I believe.” The faith of the Fox Nation: belief in opinions trumps hope in news 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Not long ago, a writer objected to this, on the ground that “alternate reality” is common usage, and I caved. A Small Point of Usage Concerning Those “Alternative Facts” 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z And in typical Olson Kundig fashion, sustainability is key: Water usage is reduced by low-flow fixtures, and reclaimed materials from the original museum structure, removed for the renovation, were incorporated into the new design. Olson Kundig’s Tacoma Art Museum Project 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Then there’s a usage note: 78 percent of the usage panel — a panel of writers and commentators and broadcasters, etc. — disapprove of the “delay” sense. Q&A with Steven Pinker, author of ‘The Sense of Style’ She eventually becomes a minor celebrity in certain circles, a columnist for The New York Times, the author of books that comment on culture as much as grammar and usage. In Love With Language, but Not Necessarily With Each Other 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z In fact, the Ottomans kept the name Kostantiniyye in official usage until the dissolution of their empire in 1923, and the two names were used in parallel fashion by court officials. A City Where East Meets West and the Past Is Always Present 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z This fall, it’s deploying a new network that it says reimagines public WiFi based on usage profiles. Traveling? Don’t forget to pack these 9 vacation-simplifying apps. The note continues, “Though easy to apply and economical, such usage disregards pronunciation in the majority of cases and is therefore not recommended by Chicago.” Mary Norris’s Thoughts on Pesky Possessives 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Other responders were happy with their phone usage because they found their use of it was intentional, and spending four or five hours a day on it made sense to them. 'It' s a waste of life!': Guardian readers on spending 2.5 hours a day on their phones 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z "It is only saying that there may be circumstances in which even words designating unacceptably negative portrayal may be acceptable because of their contextual usage." Council amends ruling on Dire Straits' song 2011-08-31T19:58:07Z Oh, and a landlady who limited toilet paper usage to three sheets per visit. Which book is greater than The Great Gatsby? 2013-05-08T15:29:01Z In its earliest editions, “Chicago” focused almost entirely on matters of style, punctuation and typography, though starting with its 15th edition, “Chicago” finally joined the fray and included sections on grammar and usage. Who cares about hyphens, commas and capital letters? You should. 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z His work mixed conventional English diction and usage with Southern dialect, swapping “the” for “de” and employing frequent contractions and unusual spellings to mimic the contours of spoken language. Patricia McKissack, children’s author who brought black history to life, dies at 72 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z “What should be questioned is not the work of my father-in-law but the opportunistic political usage that is made of it during a polemic election time,” she said. Art: A City Steeped in Picasso's Lore 2011-07-19T11:00:05Z Such usage, this book flatly declares, is “erroneous.” Gene Weingarten: The latest weapon in his war on ‘terror’? 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z A more serious reason in higher usage of the throwing arm. Throwing injuries in young baseball players: Is there something we are not considering? 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Apple Screen Time : A built-in system for restricting usage time, time spent on particular apps and more. Feeling like the smartphone has taken over your child’s life? Experts talk about how to regain control. - The Washington Post 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Almost all of the instances occurring since Macbeth seem to be quotations of the usage in that play. Letters: Refudiating Palin's Shakespeare link 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z Very clean and ready for the next usage. Steak That Sizzles on the Stovetop 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z My usage was incorrect on so many levels. From Ride Share to Rickshaw: Wedding-Shopping Adventures in India 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Analyzing a sampling of spontaneous, unwritten American speech from 1990 to 2011, she concluded that this usage of “so” had indeed increased significantly, often as a stand-in for “well.” The Rise and Fall of ‘ZuckTalk’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Be sure to activate the basic security features, as well as any further limitations on usage you want, in the phone’s setting before your child begins to use the phone. 7 Ways to Monitor Your Kid's Phone, Tablet and Laptop 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z OnlyFans is an online platform that allows creators to sell subscriptions to predominantly explicit online content, and has surged in usage in recent months. ‘The sex industry is not pandemic-proof’: workers in Australia faced with impossible choices 2020-11-07T05:00:00Z The long-term plan is to offer the auditorium to other companies to maximise its usage. Team dreams: how can theatremakers collaborate? 2011-04-06T14:19:18Z Much of that usage is in reference to the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that Congress passed in March. How Many Is a Trillion? 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z So it’s a better indicator of how well cars hold up under normal usage. 10 Great Cars You've Probably Overlooked 2012-02-27T19:59:53Z This training, when led by a qualified speech therapist, addresses enunciation, usage, inflection and other cultural quirks — not to bleach away all trace of accent or heritage, but to minimize linguistic barriers and cultural misunderstandings. Work advice: Want a side of vocal fry with your order? 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z A word that, for me, in my renewed usage of it, both honors the difficulty of my familial and personal histories, and expresses hope in the complexity of my region's present and future. The all of “y’all”: On finally embracing my voice, country twang and everything 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z They claimed Dad made “speculative bookings” and a host of other things that they interpreted as objectionable based on a clause in the contract about “fraudulent usage”. My father had a lifelong ticket to fly anywhere. Then they took it away 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The one about using an online spelling checker won't be of help with usage because all of the words used as examples are spelled right. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Fido goes to work? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z “Although eighteenth-century usage of ‘fox’ indicated a man,” the scholar elaborates, “now, of course, ‘fox’ broadly denotes a fetching individual of whatever gender. “Confessions of the Fox” Is a Cunning Metafiction of Vulpine Versatility 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z “Some customers tell us the best part of a Gourmet Select tin is the delicious popcorn, others tell us it’s the usage of the tin as storage,” says Gourmet Gift Concept’s website. The giant holiday popcorn tin has invaded your life once again 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Several weeks ago, I asked "Saucy" readers what questions they had about condiments — from usage, to storage, to ideas to pep up pandemic meals. Is aioli just fancy mayonnaise? (Plus, the secret for getting any yolk-based sauce to thicken) 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z While it is less clear how active usage affects wellbeing, there does seem to be a small positive link, he explains, between using Facebook to connect with others and feeling better. The age of envy: how to be happy when everyone else's life looks perfect 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z On the one hand, books about usage tend to enshrine language in a set of rules, and woe to anyone who tries to break them. Why Has Language Changed So Much So Fast? ‘Because Internet’ 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z “We’re also working with local tourism partners to help educate the public on responsible usage,” he says. Higher prices and hard-to-find reservations: What to know about outdoor adventures this summer 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z You are discouraged, you say, by the “ignorance and laziness” of modern usage. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Pickin’ up where the Apostrophe Protection Society left off 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Because Marks believes that “herbalism is the people’s medicine,” they want to upend the idea that knowledge of plant usage is reserved for a few experts. How to Create Your Own Herbal Tinctures 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z There's another usage popularised by the internet, though, which really ought to be in there by now. Oxford English Dictionary adds new sense of tweet to its Big Data 2013-06-20T12:04:39Z It’s a 1930s gangster term, now surviving in usage in newspapers — and almost nowhere else. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Gene fingers journos in language imbroglio 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Dictionary buzz … Get in touch with OED if you know the earliest usage of 'blue-arsed fly'. Can you make a defining contribution to the Oxford dictionary? 2012-10-08T12:08:14Z The title of The Hurt Locker was said to refer, via standard military usage of the term "locker" for a storage space, to the place where stoics hide their pain. Zero Dark Thirty – review 2013-01-27T00:06:09Z Nonetheless, iHeart Radio’s usage growth is frequently cited in filings as contributing to Clear Channel’s revenue. CEO: iHeart Radio revenue ‘hundreds of millions’ 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z But supporters, like Coreil-Allen, are confident in the future of transportation and hope that e-scooters not only remain but grow in numbers and usage. E-scooter death reignites safety concerns as devices grow in popularity 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z While Facebook’s overall usage growth was flat, the network made significant inroads among seniors. New Research Shows Facebook Still King Of Social Networks 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Although they use it once a week, most homeowners would be fine using it once or twice a month, depending on kitchen usage. How to fight fingerprints and keep stainless steel looking new 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Customs and Border Protection plans to expand the app usage to more U.S. airports this spring, with a goal of 20 airports with high-volume international travel using it by the end of 2016. New passport app could help speed travelers through Sea-Tac 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Judge David J. Barron’s opinion in the case is a feast of subtle delights for anyone with a taste for grammar and usage. A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The phrases “art star” “sellout show” and “waiting list” gained wide usage, sometimes linked to artists you’d barely heard of. Painting From the 1980s, When Brash Met Flash 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The term only came into popular usage in America in the 2000s. Ask the indie professor: why do Americans think they invented indie? 2011-07-28T09:06:39Z Even the early printing usage sometimes fits well with the language sense today: From 1854, "When we . . . are pressed for time, we employ clichee moulds." Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z But then in 1961, out came the Third, which dropped the notion that it had to guard the public from improper pronunciation or usage. Review | What’s a dictionary’s job? To tell us how to use words or to show us how we’re using them? 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z To drive more usage, Square did the opposite of Cue. Apps you don’t have to use 2012-07-23T15:10:00Z Still, the measured usage of audio clips over blurs of color swirling in water – some on frayed fabric, some liquid and ambiguous – anchor the production in a sense of steadily rising angst. Beyond sex trafficking and sashes, HBO's chilling NXIVM docuseries "The Vow" proves a cult's power 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z My daughter and I studied each of these kid-friendly fruits, delving into their distinct flavors, their unexpected usages and their undeniable nutrition. Perspective | You’ve seen these uncommon fruits. Here’s what to do with them. 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Barbarians were, by definition, anyone who wasn’t Greek, or in later usage, Roman. Perspective | The president didn’t threaten just Iran’s culture sites. He threatened culture. 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Sure, fine — but does that really account for all our straw usage? Consider the plastic drinking straw: Why do we suck so much? 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Her aptitude and charisma also made her under usage more prominent. We salute you Bo-Katan Kryze, but the third season of "The Mandalorian" took on too much 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z "That's more than enough water to provide the daily recommended water usage for every resident of San Jose and San Diego combined," reads the paper. California dairy uses lots of water. Here’s why it matters 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Globalisation is a word that first slipped into its current usage during the 1960s; and the globalisation of English, and English literature, law, money and values, is the cultural revolution of my generation. A global tongue 2010-05-08T23:05:00Z In a blog post last week, Merriam-Webster attributed the rise in searches for "misogyny" to an increase in usage of the word in news articles and on social media. Post-election online word searches: 'Bigot,' 'facism' and 'xenophobe' 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z In common usage, a subpoena is “a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure.” “Arrogate” and Other Pesky Impeachment Words 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z It isn’t until the fourth definition that we get to the word’s most common usage, “cloth.” ‘The Fabric of India’ Review: A Nation’s Interwoven History 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z The O.E.D. has stood apart, partly for authoritative definitions but chiefly for its unmatched historical quotations, which trace usage through time. O.E.D.’s New Chief Editor Speaks of Its Future 2014-01-21T21:45:05Z Among the factors leading to "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" becoming the talked-about dramas of their debut season, as in 2004-2005, was their novel usage of bodies and questions in their respective premieres. From clear scripts to big-name casting, the Jan. 6 hearings meet the standards of must-see TV 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z His increasing alcohol usage eventually exacerbated to the point of an altercation with the owner of an Indianapolis venue and an overnight stay in jail. Police: Justin Townes Earle died from "probable drug overdose" 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z A dictionary is really a database; it has fields for headword, pronunciation, etymology, definition, and in the case of historical dictionaries like the OED, citations of past usages. Lexicography unbound 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Technically, the word is correct in its meaning, however in common usage, especially when describing a person, it is an insult. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Husband won’t stop offensive name-calling because it’s ‘too fun’ 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Decently priced, massive rooms come with free unlimited hot mineral bath usage. Kitsch American motels: readers’ tips 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z "There are no rules other than the usage of bacon and Jack Daniels," Czar said. YouTube's "Epic Chef" offers gluttony to the masses 2012-12-11T19:42:57Z A "soporific media" does nothing to challenge a status quo in which "untold sums are off budget for defence, mosque expansion and princely usage." After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies by Christopher M Davidson 2012-12-28T22:55:04Z “It was a revolution in terms of media usage,” with the printing press and the combination of text and art. Long Before Twitter, Martin Luther Was a Media Pioneer 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z For the record, he also took issue with my usage of the term cult to describe, um, what really happened out there. "Yellowjackets" boss on the killer ending revelation "that will blow a lot of people's minds" 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Clark's usage of parathas with dates is very interesting and innovative. Paratha That’s Easy, Versatile and Burnished With Butter 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z On average, CBD tends to appear for one to three days after consumption, but a study conducted by Mayo Clinic found that metabolites appeared in some patients up to 15 days after usage. What's actually the difference between CBD and THC? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Later usage, influenced by Freud, stressed an injury of the mind — invisible but no less real for being unseen. In 'Model Apartment' at the Geffen, family scars are skin deep — and to the bone 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Jones can't evangelise enough about mobile, while identifying misconceptions around what "mobile usage" means. Vevo boss Nic Jones: 'We're at the pointy end of labels' activities' 2013-05-19T18:00:02Z In modern times, Hallmark movies and the ever-popular Burl Ives Holly Jolly Christmas song are happy to remind folks on the usage of mistletoe. Mistletoe: the Christmas tradition we show no sign of kissing goodbye to 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z I distinctly remember feeling self-conscious in the usage, and Pammy bristled: she did not like being called a guy. The New Pronoun in Town 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z I’ve sat in restaurants and inwardly shook my head at the tech usage and bratty comments from the children around me, but here’s the deal: You don’t know what’s going on in the family. Perspective | How can I stop relatives from spoiling my 6-month-old? 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Market forces will need to be compelled to cut usage, perhaps when prompted by a shift in public opinion, he said. 'Almost too late': fears of global superbug crisis in wake of antibiotic misuse 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Taking the cake — grabbing it, really — was the Walmart in Moultrie, Ga., where a roiling crowd of humanity swarmed a pallet of cellphones with a prepaid, unlimited usage plan. Ryan Nicodemus: ‘We’re not soulless; we’re not against having fun’ 2012-12-13T01:21:21Z To paraphrase Noah Webster, there is no fighting common usage. A Small Point of Usage Concerning Those “Alternative Facts” 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Last Sunday’s episode was the latest to suggest that, where teen internet usage is concerned, “Euphoria” more closely resembles the paranoid vision that Jules ascribes to Rue — a Very Special Episode of network news. Where ‘Euphoria’ Is Surprisingly Conservative 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z After a time-lag, this usage seeps through to the general population. Has Django Unchained defused the 'n-bomb'? 2013-01-14T17:26:56Z “It was an unexpected usage of color in a grid or in stripings, and yet it has this quiet, soft inviting feel about it.” Pantone’s colors of the year have us dreaming in pastels 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Consider the equivalence between his father’s razor and the palette knife which, despite criticisms and current usage, Turner insisted upon using so extensively. Postscript: John Berger, 1926-2017 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z However, the use of targeted advertising – showing ads based on usage – may entail sharing our data with third parties. Four ways your TV subscriptions could change because of the cost of living crisis 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z The latest brouhaha centers on Rogan's demeaning comments about race and unapologetic usage of racial slurs. Spotify stands by Joe Rogan, despite latest N-word debacle and losing more artists and subscribers 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z A member of the public, "Patrick of Boston", has since found evidence of its usage in 1987. Can you make a defining contribution to the Oxford dictionary? 2012-10-08T12:08:14Z West, by contrast, was welcomed by Hannity, who ignored the time West said “George Bush doesn’t care about black people,” and the usage of words in his songs. Jimmy Kimmel knows what Kanye West loves about Donald Trump 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Here are 7 little-known terms that you could put to good use in daily life, along with the oldest usage that the OED editors could find. New Dictionary Additions: 7 Useful Words You Probably Don't Know 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z It states, “Illegal downloading will be marginalized not by restrictive legislation but by technological progress and changing patterns of usage.” Media Cache: France?s Three-Strikes Law for Internet Piracy Hasn?t Brought Any Penalties 2010-07-18T14:19:00Z The highest usage was in the Netherlands, where 5.5% of young adults said they had taken it in the last year. Ecstasy in comeback as new generation discovers dance drug 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Too often, Pinker makes choices about usage on aesthetic grounds. Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z It was the most tweeted-about Super Bowl ever and was surpassed in overall usage only by last year's World Cup semifinal between Brazil and Germany. Sunday's game a ratings winner for NBC 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The most common usage of existing soundtracks is in movie trailers, understandably as most trailers are cut when the movie is still in post-production. Kick-Ass needs some kick-ass music of its own | Phelim O'Neill 2010-03-19T12:32:00Z Mr. Gruen, 35, is the vice president for operations at Concourse Labs, a cloud governance start-up company in New York that develops software to help clients manage their public cloud usage. Althea Webber, Michael Gruen 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z An exciting development over the past few years is that many of the tools that scholars use to plumb the depths of literary usage are now publicly available online. ArtsBeat: Exposing Literary Style, One Word at a Time 2011-07-29T19:31:25Z It's a lingua franca they are accustomed to, across a wide spectrum of usage. Globish and its discontents 2010-04-12T11:56:00Z “We believe product enhancements should drive increased usage overtime,” Anthony said in a note this week. Twitter Stock Plunges After Reporting Weak Earnings 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Moka Pots are a durable, consistent product, steeped in years or usage and tradition in "the old world," and now just as functional here in the states. How to use a Moka pot to make espresso like an Italian 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Beyond that, its usage of dramatic recreations and audio of Simon's voicemails messages tell his side of the tale. Is "The Tinder Swindler" one of those true crime tales that might strengthen relationships? 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z The usage infantilizes both the reader and the book’s subject, adding to a centuries-long history of disrespectful misnaming — a history that White himself contested by entitling his autobiography “A Man Called White.” Antagonist, Activist, Operator, Survivor 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z "Smart", in American usage, is slicker and sharper than "intelligent"; faster off the mark and quicker on its feet than deep thought. Teen fiction and the shadow of cancer 2013-01-26T10:00:01Z But it said Clash exercised “poor judgment” and was disciplined for violating company policy regarding Internet usage. Elmo Puppeteer Accused of Underage Relationship 2012-11-12T16:22:54Z At the same time, Krystal also must find a way around the sexism endemic to the FAM system; my earlier usage of the gendered pronouns, and possessives him and his, was not on accident. "On Becoming a God in Central Florida" exposes unfettered capitalism as a rigged and failing game 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z The dictionary tends to choose neologisms that gain mass usage. 'Culture' gets nod as Merriam-Webster's 2014 word of the year 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The idea of the ready-made — something pre-existing for usage — kind of always existed. Jeff Koons on his new Gagosian show, his MOCA award and what's behind those Louis Vuitton bags 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z What about your family's usage of it evokes such a deep, emotional response? Ronzoni's soon-to-be discontinued pastina tethered us to past generations — and to ourselves 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z “It’s a carry-coals-to-Newcastle scheme in a city where library services are being cut across the board at a time when usage is up and capital improvements are needed.” ArtsBeat: Opponents Plan Rally Against New York Public Library Plan 2013-05-08T17:48:09Z Those who assert the "democratic" and "free" qualities of the worldwide web would probably cite his famous essay with approval in any discussion of English usage today. George Orwell's critique of internet English 2013-05-20T09:55:44Z The first usage of LOL appeared in a Canadian chat room 27 years ago, coined by a man who described it as a response to a joke by a friend named Sprout. Laugh and the World Laughs With You. Type ‘Ha,’ Not So Much. 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z For instance, the movie’s interlocutors pin an increase in mental illness on social media usage yet don’t acknowledge factors like a rise in economic insecurity. ‘The Social Dilemma’ Review: Unplug and Run 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z I should also note that there is almost a centurylong gap between the last known usage of this British version of "y'all" and the first known usage of the American version. ‘Y'all,’ that most Southern of Southernisms, is going mainstream – and it’s about time 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Dear Readers: Wondering how to clean up your credit, or thinking about giving some advice to a young person about responsible credit usage? Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Establishing credit worthiness 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z Recently I witnessed an exchange in which a white person took it upon herself to chide a fed-up Black peer over her justified usage of an expletive to express her frustration at a legitimate wrongdoing. Take 2: White allies, here's another list of what to do and what not to do, or wear, or watch 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Most dictionaries feature usage guides and and tips, though, like grammarians, not all agree. A plea for syntactical sanity on US National Grammar Day 2013-03-04T20:32:24Z Both usages imply an antipathy to urban dwellers who were spared the labour of agricultural work. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z In common usage, she’s an elderly woman who hints at money and stodginess. Don’t slouch, young lady 2014-04-13T00:00:00Z I work with many parents who are surprised to find how lackadaisical or strict their partner is about tech usage for the children. Perspective | What rules should parents put in place when they allow children to have tech devices? 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z It was the beginning of a “timid” crusade to bring a little-known, mostly archaic term into popular usage. Sheila Michaels, champion of “Ms.,” changed the world with “two consonants and a period” 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Some people find it unnerving, all the quiet on streets and highways that are suddenly free and open due to the plummet in daily auto usage. "Saturday Night Live at Home" shows us the honesty in live comedy without an audience 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z I suggest picking a style/type that will age well with your kid, from elementary age through middle and high school/college usage. Tips for packing a zero-waste school lunch 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z He added, “The actual word means far more than our narrow usage of it.” Robert Ashley, Opera Composer Who Painted Outside the Lines, Dies at 83 2014-03-07T03:00:51Z Cary plays it all like a joke, but he buried a real message about intelligent, responsible usage in his schtick. Have a Good Trip: celebrities share wild psychedelic stories for Netflix 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z It was an innovative usage of the first person plural, seeing as I was perfectly sure already. I got pregnant by mistake. Was I ready for single motherhood? 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z The real magic is in the filmmakers usage of Nelson Sullivan's home movies as a framing device. Eclectic docuseries "Pride" walks viewers through queer American history one decade at a time 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z One of its many perks is that it runs entirely offline, so you do not need to stress about data usage. How to Explore a City Like a Local Using Your Smartphone 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The AP Stylebook of usage policies is highly influential in the industry with many news organizations, government and public relations agencies using it as a guide. Newsroom quandry: Should ‘black’ be capitalized? 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z She cited the usage expert Bryan Garner’s concept of “skunked words” — words that have become unusable, because of disputed meanings or problematic associations. The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z “I find it intriguing that the purported medical usage of the plant is being revived today, but is instead extracted from the vegetative parts,” Dr. Davis said in an email interview. Is Celery Juice a Sham? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The Word of the Year is based on usage evidence drawn from Oxford’s continually updated corpus of more than 14.5 billion words, gathered from news sources across the English-speaking world. Oxford’s 2021 Word of the Year Is a Shot in the Arm 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Like the older “volunteer” fetched from the crowd, whose incorrect emoji usage was hysterical, I could not fill in the blanks to the Beyoncé lyrics. Review | The message from Second City’s ‘Generation Gap’: Lite laffs 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z But they are paid royalties for online usage, placing a heavier financial onus on digital radio platforms than their terrestrial counterparts. Artists win radio royalties fight 2012-06-06T11:15:13Z But usage is still massive and we should not underplay the importance of great stock and the expertise of staff in the central role libraries play in both our communities and our economy. Response: Libraries are crucial to our digital future 2010-03-29T23:05:00Z As if physically unable to keep the words in her mouth, she’d start babbling about cellphone usage, PBS documentaries and NPR. Date Lab: A night straight out of a Hollywood rom-com 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z If you want to reduce your plastic usage, Lana adds that can store your pie under a pie dome, in a pie box, or in an airtight plastic container. How to store apple pie for a fresh slice 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z “This is what I consider heavy usage: stopping every few feet to pick up something.” Fall foliage is coming, and so are the hikers. Here’s how to find trails less traveled. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z In common usage, the first meaning of legacy is an inheritance, or something handed down from the past. Publishers should be proud of their legacy 2012-05-25T09:54:09Z However, Philip B. Corbett, a Times editor who oversees the newspaper’s style manual and usage rules, called that appearance of Mx. in The Times an exception. Me, Myself and Mx. 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z A third is to introduce a dynamic pricing system, which will respond to fluctuations in demand for energy, parking spaces and road usage. Redesigning the Concept and Role of the Automobile 2010-03-08T08:45:00Z As with most transactions that involve the Beatles, that usage did not come cheap. ArtsBeat: How 'Mad Men' Landed The Beatles: All You Need Is Love (and $250,000) 2012-05-07T21:56:36Z On Wednesday, novelist and playwright Joyce Carol Oates posted a string of tweets complaining about the use of they/them as singular pronouns, and declaring they'll never "become a part of general usage." Dave Chappelle and the warped self-victimhood of transphobes 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z As if all this weren't enough, the reader is required to tussle with oddities of usage. The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z Self-monitoring is a tool that is used to help manage mental health, weight loss and increase adherence to medicine usage. I ‘self-experimented’ to compare a vegan diet with eating meat — this is what I found out 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z In common usage, pessimists are usually defined in the negative, the dark mirror of the bright-eyed optimist. Should We Be More Pessimistic? 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Other higher-end home exercise companies are also reporting a surge in usage and interest. Maybe Now You’ll Stop Mocking Peloton 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Proper usage shows us where the earth is, so that, when the time comes, we know what it means to fly. Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z But people also said their simultaneous computer usage is mostly unrelated to the programs they are watching. TV watchers multitasking, viewing more online -global poll 2013-04-08T21:33:57Z Cellphone usage was forbidden but the warning seemed unnecessary. The 52 Places Traveler: Finding the Real Prague 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z If you’re a seasoned user, you may need to reduce your usage. Maskne Is the New Acne, and Here’s What Is Causing It 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Folks correct us, Inferring that our usage is a mess, But their discrete reprisals won’t effect us ’Cause all and all, we frankly could care less. Style Invitational Week 1287: Oldies for newsies — a song parody contest 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The app shows both muscle usage and heart rate in real time. These wearables offer a peek at the body in motion, in real time 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z That said, The Big C did manage an effective usage of the small c, that four-letter word that's fast becoming the sine qua non of after-the-watershed comedy. Rewind TV: Boardwalk Empire; The Big C; Louis Theroux ? Ultra Zionists; Welcome to Romford 2011-02-06T00:05:43Z Later, they decide to drop the air conditioning down to reduce power usage and the chance of tripping the system again. Wash, clean, scrub: Can Jay Rayner hack life as a kitchen porter? 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z If the binary gender system doesn’t fit a co-worker, and the pronouns “they/their” do, any other usage is inappropriate. I’m 80 and … #MeToo 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Hovering over modern discussions of usage is the spectre of George Orwell, whose essay “Politics and the English Language” challenged the degeneracy of bureaucratese. The Hedonic Appeal of “Dreyer’s English” 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z “We’re developing with the city various ways in which to include the community, both in the planning and in the usage of the place afterward.” Batsheva: A New Era, a New Role for Ohad Naharin 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The answer, according to Gawker, is about 65 times, which is less than in his last film, “Django Unchained,” where he recorded his all-time high, of sorts, for the word’s usage onscreen. Samuel L. Jackson Defends Use of Epithet in ‘Hateful Eight’ 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Though he’s tried the Fleshlight, in addition to several prostate stimulators, most of his toy usage is within the context of partner play. “It felt like the entire world was coming out of my d*ck”: For purveyors of “guybrators,” fleshlights, and other male masturbators, business is booming 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z The researchers note that their results coincide with studies finding an apparent increase in narcissism over the decades, reflected in both word usage in books and the lyrics of popular songs. Literature isn’t as “moody” as it used to be 2013-03-21T21:45:00Z Are all the new words and usages OK with you? Words act like wild animals: “We don’t understand that no language could ever sit still” 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The first known usage of the word “parade” in print was around 1656, the same year that “bloated,” “misogyny” and “star-studded” entered the lexicon. Parades are a joy and a nightmare — and somehow still the way we celebrate in 2018 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z What I've always thought was odd is that the bigger picture of energy usage is rarely drawn. Review: ‘Merchants of Doubt,’ Separating Science From Spin 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The example sentences chosen to illustrate usage are bizarre. ‘Hussy, baggage or filly’: are these really dictionary definitions of a ‘woman’? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z "At a time when religious toleration was still a highly contentious subject, he argued that all the major religions were the products of custom, tradition and 'long and prescriptive usage'," the author writes. Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman – review 2013-05-19T09:00:02Z “I’m so delighted to find like-minded freaks,” Ms. Rand said, and the two women discussed the evolution of the usage of the word “reticent.” This Grammar Guru Will Solve the World’s Problems 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z During his research, he noticed the uptick in heroin usage in the United States. For Him, the Delight Is in the Digging 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Often we roll our eyes at their usage, even when they’re employed for a reason. On "Game of Thrones," all men must die. Who will fall at Winterfell? 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z That, in turn, has raised concerns about drug abuse and increased usage of over-the-counter laxatives, also known as “budget Ozempic.” "They're not practicing what they preached": WeightWatchers is shifting into weight loss drugs 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Hoping that this captured something of ancient usage, I decided to give more formal sounding speech the two-word versions, and more urgent or colloquial speech the one-word version. "Eternals" – Marvel consulted me to help superheroes chit chat in Babylonian 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z In all, the company picks about 100 additions for the 114-year-old dictionary's annual update, gathering evidence of usage over several years in everything from media to the labels of beer bottles and frozen food. F-bomb makes it into mainstream dictionary 2012-08-13T21:03:11Z Dorsey took documenting his habits to its illogical extreme, exposing the fallacies of life viewed retrospectively through the lens of the usage of time. The Seductiveness of Insta-Nostalgia 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z He uses a computer program to analyze and compare word usage in different texts, with the goal of determining whether they were written by the same person. J.K. Rowling’s Secret: A Forensic Linguist Explains How He Figured It Out 2013-07-15T17:39:37Z Because Yankovic often doesn't explain which is the correct usage, the song is clearly playing to those who recognize the error. Weird Al's 'Word Crimes' and the fuzzy line between 'its' and 'it's' 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z On a grammar/usage note - when someone writes something ungrammatical, is the NYT obliged to use the incorrect spelling when it quotes them? When the Cyberbully Is You 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z I don't know when the term first appears in British usage, but certainly it was not before the mid-1960s. The myth of the cowboy 2013-03-20T18:00:01Z It's also a device Disney knows well, as there is minimal difference between the film's usage of "ch'i" and Star Wars' usage of "The Force." Disney's disjointed "Mulan" remake is obsessed with the concept of "ch'i" but can't find its own 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z On the other hand, nine other states have not decriminalized cannabis but have approved it for medicinal usage. What's actually the difference between CBD and THC? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Live or sports programming is the least affected by DVR usage. Taking the long view on TV ratings 2012-10-16T17:22:12Z Her husband was able to control the lights, electricity usage, and monitor the entrances remotely, which, according to the letter, he did, while he was at work. Perspective | Ask Amy: Aunt’s financial gift is siphoned 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z In an interview with Paper Magazine in 2018, Ms. Bynes said, “I got really into my drug usage and it became a really dark, sad world for me.” Amanda Bynes, Former Child Star, Is Released From Conservatorship 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z There is a captivating oddity to how this tastily detestable character speaks, as if her frontal lobe were programmed with grammar and usage flash cards. A Lifetime Movie Nails the College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z "Although this was a personal relationship unrelated to the workplace, our investigation did reveal that Kevin exercised poor judgment and violated company policy regarding internet usage," the statement continued. Elmo actor takes leave of absence 2012-11-12T17:22:37Z Last year, sales of the company’s at-home body groomers were up 22 percent, Ms. Crump said, with the highest usage in the bikini area, according to a customer survey. Skin Deep: Men Turn to Bikini Waxing - Skin Deep 2012-04-10T18:17:22Z Basically, she made visual illustrations of sentences that were themselves illustrations of different grammatical rules, with examples of both correct and incorrect usage. Maira Kalman’s Irreverent Pictures for the Grammar Bible 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z But even larger homes can be affected by gas stove usage, especially since the air in the kitchen does not immediately mix with cleaner air elsewhere in the home. Is your gas stove bad for your health? 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Adding to the tension for travelers are the conflicting feelings and differing regulations around mask usage and other Covid-19 rules. Traveling This Memorial Day Weekend? Pack Patience. 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z He likes discussing matters of style and usage with people who care about and appreciate those things. Meet the Guardian of Grammar Who Wants to Help You Be a Better Writer 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The real cost savings, fans say, come one toilet paper roll at a time, as users limit or even stop their usage. Can toilet attachments make bidets mainstream in the U.S.? 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A state panel is suggesting a $1 increase in the Illinois license plate fee to encourage usage of electric cars. Panel urges $1 hike for license plates 2012-01-26T13:35:00Z The only feasible way to bring real change to the tragedies taking place all around us is to change the American psyche toward gun ownership and usage. We’ve given up on saving our kids: This is our Sandy Hook anniversary shame 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Instead, the Bundys are enjoying their theft of the usage of federal lands. Who Owns the American West? And Who Should Profit From It? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z According to the website Know Your Meme, which tracks viral internet phenomena, the earliest documented usage of “the feminine urge to …” was a Twitter post from 2009. The Timesian Urge to Explain a Meme 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z I began to notice a decline in my arousal levels, but no drop in my usage. My life in sex: ‘I would get up at 5am and masturbate for hours’ 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z But a streaming service knows exactly how many plays every song is getting; it measures usage beyond the one-time purchase. With Streaming, Musicians and Fans Find Room to Experiment and Explore 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z “This should be a wake-up call for parents. Parents are strongly encouraged to restrict and monitor their children’s Internet usage.” From Stephen King to Slenderman: Why the horror genre is particularly horrible for women 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The most successful celebrities and influencers in this time, it seems, are the ones who are able to curb their Instagram and Twitter usage. When the Publicists Are Away, the Stars Will Play 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z If Facebook monitored my usage, which of course it does, there would be a big spike on a Monday morning, as I trawl through albums of weddings from the weekend. When weddings attack: adventures of a modern bride 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Fitzgerald adds a “quantitative element” to this “qualitative analysis” by comparing the stylistic nuances he finds with a database to provide “basic statistics” on how rare a usage is. Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Mike Barrow said his father coined the phrase at a time when the word "fab" was in common usage. The publicist who coined the phrase "Fab Four" to describe the early Beatles has died 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z This can make tracing individual contaminants particularly difficult, especially if there are mismatches in technology usage throughout the process. Food recalls are on the rise. Here's why and whether you should be worried 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z The lawsuit asked the court to stop the unauthorized usage of the slogan in connection with Kid Rock’s tour and merchandise, and award Feld profits derived from the slogan’s use and triple unspecified damages. Circus owner sues Kid Rock for using 'Greatest Show On Earth' slogan 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z Straaijer is a linguist researching English usage at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Can something be totally unique? Steven Pinker’s new book says yes. Normally, the shortlist includes a variety of different words that illustrate new trends in language usage. Oxford Names ‘Climate Emergency’ Its 2019 Word of the Year 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z “The phone companies tried to stop that for about 30 years because it was considered improper usage,” Dr. Fischer said. Cultural Studies: Don?t Call Me, I Won?t Call You 2011-03-18T20:49:18Z It’s the kind of word that occurs mainly in journalism, but doesn’t really exist in common usage. ‘Toxic’ Is Oxford’s Word of the Year. No, We’re Not Gaslighting You. 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z It also requires no land usage or fresh water. What does sustainable fishing actually mean? "Good Catch" author Valentine Thomas has the answer 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The fact that the word's usage was era-appropriate holds little sway with those who'd rather it be disappeared for all time. Django Unchained: is its portrayal of slavery too flippant? 2013-01-10T21:00:04Z Those little things really make the usage that much more special and really help us use music almost as a refrain or a theme as we're telling our story. "There's an underscore of melancholy": "The Bear" producer breaks down season's best needle drops 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z Seattle ranked first in number of bookstores, first in level of education, fourth in library usage, eighth in use of the Internet, 11th in periodical publication and 17th in newspaper readership. Washington, D.C., wrests 'most literate' crown from Seattle 2011-01-10T18:09:03Z The website, also available as an app, became an independent company in 2019 — just in time for the pandemic, which boosted usage by as much as 750 percent in some periods. Website allows users to listen to thousands of radio stations around the world 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Of the little ceremony at his graveside, most remarked on was the absence of any hint or vestige of Jewish usage or coloration. Cynthia Ozick Calls the New Philip Roth Biography a ‘Narrative Masterwork’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z While it may seem unconventional to some, experimenting with Parmigiano Reggiano in desserts and beverages allows me to spotlight the versatility of this incredible cheese and challenge preconceived notions about its usage. Are you putting Parmigiano Reggiano on your espresso martini? You should be 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z So lunch means a different kind of tuna salad for each of them, and a highly entertaining debate about apostrophe usage. Jack Reacher Is Still Restless. But His Creator Has Settled Down. 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The b-word is a favorite of theirs, although a few usages of the word “ho” made the cut on the album. We count every rap cliche in Chris Brown and Tyga's 'Fan of a Fan' 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Community Center activities require a QuickCard, a free card issued by community centers to track activity usage. Seattle Community Centers drop fees for some activities 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Sure, but how about a longer leap backward to an era when "the" was not as common in usage as "ye," and the word old was spelled with an "e" on the end? Sweet but unchallenging, "Miracle Workers: Dark Ages" dresses our modern ignorance in medieval garb 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z This wasn't entirely accurate, as the usage of the term hot dog predated the World War by about 30 years, but the sentiment was enough to capture the attention of Republican U.S. "Freedom fries" and "native victuals": Why American politicians are so weird about French food 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z And judgment should be empirical, not dogmatic, open to real usage and willing to change when the facts change. What would the doctor prescribe? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Though the home-viewing hub doesn’t keep exact weekend-to-weekend tallies of streaming volume, Jenny McCabe, a spokesperson for the company, says that the company sees consistent increases in usage when the weather is newsworthy. Cold Weather and Movies: Box-Office Slumps Not So Easily Explained by Cold 2014-01-07T18:06:52Z Despite its pervasive usage, it strikes me as dehumanizing when discussing experiences that impact Black people, whole human beings. Oasa DuVerney’s Black Power Wave 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Hochschild described the current usage of the term as “blurry and over-applied”, citing examples such as daily chores, or pressure to “do the perfect Christmas holiday” as “over-extensions” of its intended meaning. ‘I think my husband thinks Santa does it all’: why women dread the emotional labour of Christmas 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z More subtly, it also altered usage patterns for ho-hum words like “remote” and “remotely.” Oxford’s 2020 Word of the Year? It’s Too Hard to Isolate 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z Still, Reijn wanted the film to be real and honest but also funny, as each character shared the primal urge to belong when online usage swallows self-awareness. ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ and the Difficulty of Coping IRL 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The earliest usage in English, around the time of the Spanish Armada, referred to military storehouses. An Exit Interview With the Man Who Transformed the Oxford English Dictionary 2013-04-24T02:14:01Z Before the term "flight attendants" came into usage in 1976, TWA called us "air hostesses," because they wanted their passengers to be treated like they were our guests. Recreating a TWA first-class meal, 20 years later 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z In the same vein as WGA members, SAG-AFTRA members are seeking a new contract between the union and the AMPTP, higher base compensation and stricter regulations against studio usage of artificial intelligence. End to WGA strike is in sight: Writers Guild and studios reach tentative agreement 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z It is increasingly employed in popular usage, political analysis, and even scholarly discourse. Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z Incorrect usage of punctuation wasn’t found to be too offensive, but when combined with spelling errors and improper forms of tenses produced many an eyeroll and reduced the likeliness of the person receiving a response. It’s why UR still single: Millennials aren’t impressed by suitors with bad grammar and spelling 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z In daily life, usage of the gengo system is slowly declining as Japan integrates into the global economy. Updating software, shaping history: New imperial era name looms... 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Where is their evidence that manacling our language to past usage is at all helpful or necessary? David Mitchell 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z Though people still use more electricity, shifting the timing reduces the average costs to deliver energy because not everyone demands it during typical peak usage periods. Daylight Savings Causes More Trouble Than It Should 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Resource usage, the corporate economy and gratuitous commodity consumption are certainly integral to the shape of American social functioning. 'The Gildless Age': A different tale of the '1 percent' at the Torrance Art Museum 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z In the case of food safety, this can make tracing individual contaminants particularly difficult, especially if there are mismatches in technology usage throughout the process. How a cybersecurity attack at Clorox caused a Hidden Valley Ranch shortage 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Today, we’re kicking off a video series devoted to language in all its facets: grammar, syntax, vocabulary, spelling, usage, and punctuation. The Comma Queen: Series Première 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Watch: Mary Norris discusses proper usage of the semicolon. Rate Culture 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z To help reduce ambiguity, modern usage attaches specific words to specific functions. Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Read the email to check for spelling, grammar, and word usage errors. 6 Tips for Writing Better Emails 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Internet traffic surged above normal Sunday night usage. Bin Laden story shows changing media nature 2011-05-02T22:28:32Z Specifically, he says that these products' total environmental impacts, nutritional profiles, costs, and land usage will need to face extensive scientific evaluation to understand how they compare to real dairy and cheese products. Can cheese combat climate change? 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z “Between You & Me” is mostly a memoir, but it’s part usage guide, too. ‘Between You & Me,’ by Mary Norris 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Its mandate now is to safeguard the language and update a major dictionary first published in 1694, culling anachronistic words and introducing new ones, and to advise on usage. Dany Laferrière, a Guardian of French, Joins the Académie Française 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Gentle humour accompanies Mr Pinker’s good sense throughout the book, an antidote to bestselling, operatically irate usage guides that disparage those who disagree as idiots or barbarians. Talking sense 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The phrase's original entry in the OED, in 2005, saw its earliest usage attributed to Prince Philip, who told a photographer in 1970: "You have been running around like a blue-arsed fly." Can you make a defining contribution to the Oxford dictionary? 2012-10-08T12:08:14Z “But also her work is very evocative because of the material usage and the iconography that really speaks to a broad spectrum of society.” Nandipha Mntambo’s Journey From Taxidermy to Art 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Other tools are emerging in the form of apps such as Checky and Onward, which allow consumers to track their phone usage. Breaking up with your smartphone is really, really hard. Just ask these people. 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Over the years he would compile a database and analyze usage patterns of six thousand patients. Pot: Not just for losers! 2012-08-15T11:44:00Z Even the launch of Ms. magazine a decade later did little to move the linguistic needle into wide usage. Sheila Michaels, champion of “Ms.,” changed the world with “two consonants and a period” 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Definitions should not cloud our appreciation of type, but some classifications can be useful in understanding the subject's history and usage. True to type: why letters are a labour of love 2010-10-16T23:00:00Z The Global Language Monitor ranks the “telewords” based on their usage in social media, the news media and elsewhere on the Interwebs. And the Top TV Words of the Year Are… 2012-09-25T12:00:34Z It is prominent in the first two episodes, and when it pops up in the second episode its usage is a bit too cute for the moment. How Ethan Peck's Spock became the mirthful glue binding us to "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The government said it would advance tobacco control efforts and contribute to a reduction in tobacco usage. India bans e-cigarettes as global vaping backlash grows 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z As a professor of history and political science at South Carolina College and Columbia College in New York, he lectured on the laws and usages of war. 'Lincoln's Code': the man who wrote the rules of war 2012-11-14T20:37:05Z The narrator, portrayed by Black, is the kind of guy who will go on at length about Joseph Conrad’s semicolon usage. ‘One Discordant Violin’ Review: In Search of Soul-Stirring Art 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z The common thread in all of these plots is the usage of interracial couples as tools to explore America's bugaboos surrounding race, not as distinct people or unique unions. Where's the love, "You People"? The frustration of Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill's interracial rom-com 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z This led to hybridized cuisines that have every right to exist, but almost never reflect contemporary Italian usage. "One nation united under pasta": How the "discovery of pasta" shaped Italy 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z And if enough people misuse a term for long enough, the misusage becomes usage. Boston Marathon bombing, one year later: Were the Tsarnaevs really cowards? 2014-04-14T23:00:00Z In terms of usage, approximately half of the new OED entries are described as “informal,” with the added stipulation of being “chiefly U.S.” Don’t get butthurt over the OED’s awesomesauce — ephemeral slang in the dictionary has a rich and delightful history 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z “We don’t want to encourage underage usage, and I think that’s important for the city and residents.” One winner of Sunday's Super Bowl: the marijuana industry 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z And be subtle enough in your thinking to grasp the distinctions between the suggestion of a word, the quoting of a word, and the actual derogatory usage of a word. Gwyneth Paltrow didn’t say the N-word 2012-06-05T15:45:00Z Stop Saying “Adopt”: Please don’t, because the terminology isn’t wrong, and arguably isn’t even harmful to the usage you want to protect. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Adopt a good-faith approach to others’ language 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Best of all was the Tower of London, where we spent half an hour admiring the Crown Jewels, courtesy of almost sole usage of the normally packed travelator that hurries you past them. As lockdown restrictions ease, a changed London awaits the return of foreign tourists 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Treadmill usage grew as gyms became more popular in the 1990s and 2000s, and as treadmills gained music, television and eventually WiFi. A machine that used to be considered punishment is now a $1.4 billion fitness industry 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The runner-up in the U.S., with 9% of usage, was this number: Caspar Grathwohl, the president of Oxford Dictionaries, explained that their choice reflects the walls-down world that we live in. Oxford's 2015 Word of the Year Is This Emoji 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Slovenia and Portugal to determine what parenting style best prevents drug usage. If You're a Strict Parent, Your Kid Is More Likely to Smoke Pot 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Now the process can still take years, but it involves TikTok virality, perhaps a movie usage and, most important of all, user attention on streaming playlists, which can translate into return appearances year after year. Sleigh Bells Ring, Everyone’s Streaming: Christmas Music Is Back 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z "Roc Nation made the decision to not grant the song's usage," Jay Z's Roc Nation label said in a statement. Rihanna, CBS bench opening number for Thursday football 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Further rethinking on some elements, including extended usage of Rock and Backman’s interactive films, seems warranted. 'Stoneface' grows in scope, gains punch at Pasadena Playhouse 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z The omnipresence of these trends make it easy to see how the word "girls" has grown in its usage since the 2000s and is currently at its zenith, according to Google Ngram. From "Barbie Girl" to Girl Dinner and beyond: What's behind our obsession with the girl-ish label 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z A discussion of grammar in contemporary society -- why it's rarely taught, what should be taught, what students hunger for, and the real-world expectations of proper grammar usage. For grammar geeks: 'Grammar Revolution' the documentary 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The Word of the Year is based on usage evidence drawn from Oxford’s continually updated corpus of more than 19 billion words, gathered from news sources across the English-speaking world. The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Photograph: Papilio/Alamy If I had world enough and time, then I think I'd be highly likely to spend my days helping the Oxford English Dictionary trace the earliest verifiable usage of various phrases. Can you make a defining contribution to the Oxford dictionary? 2012-10-08T12:08:14Z Beacom usually reads for deafness and sign language usage while writer, screenwriter and sensitivity reader Lara Ameen reads for visible and invisible disabilities along with queer or Jewish characters or content. "I have no particular power": Don't blame sensitivity readers for the latest censored books 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Most people come on bikes, but statistics from other trails, according to the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, indicate that usage becomes both larger and more diverse over time. On the Virginia Capital Trail, bike through 400 years of history in 52 miles 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z There would be many duplicates, the exact amount dependent on their common usage, but always more Es than Js. True to type: why letters are a labour of love 2010-10-16T23:00:00Z Here is a selection from the hundreds of words OED just added to its ranks, along with the earliest known usage and context provided by TIME. Oxford Dictionary Adds 'Fo' Shizzle,' 'Masshole' and 'Hot Mess' 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z It simply seeks common sense for usage of a common term. Who owns "Taco Tuesday"? The law will decide 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z They managed to bring down their national energy usage just because everyone was diligent and considerate and thought about themselves as part of something bigger. Don’t Despair, Protest: Playwright Lucy Kirkwood Sees No Other Choice 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Separately, Clash was disciplined for violating company policy "regarding Internet usage," which a Sesame Workshop executive described as using the company's email to carry on personal communications. 'Sesame Street' Elmo puppeteer takes leave after sex allegations 2012-11-13T01:27:20Z There are also still a number of unanswered questions around energy and water usage, though early studies indicate cultivated meats would outperform conventional meat in both categories. Could we all be buying lab-grown meat soon? 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z But the point is that you can’t control what usage will do once it’s out of your hands: a much wider uptake can shift the meaning. From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z If you have any condiment questions of your own— from usage, to storage, to ideas to pep up pandemic meals — send them my way at astevens@salon.com. When to toss Sriracha and what to do with tahini: "Saucy" answers your burning condiment questions 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Walsh, a copy editor at The Washington Post, is the author of three books on English usage, most recently “Yes, I Could Care Less.” In ‘Bad English,’ language scholar Ammon Shea sticks it to the sticklers He doesn't want any restrictions on usage, but obligatory remuneration – an impressive idea, but almost utopian in its implementation. Behind the music: Will the House of Lords block the Digital Economy Act? 2010-07-22T13:44:00Z Parents can put computers in public areas of the home to supervise Internet usage, but mobile phones go anywhere. In iPhone, adult industry sees pocket porn market 2010-07-29T11:01:00Z Scarcely a century after his death Shakespeare’s language was already a frame of reference against which English usage itself could be understood. Critic?s Notebook: ?Making History? and ?Remembering Shakespeare? at Yale 2012-03-22T22:50:43Z “We also received overwhelmingly positive feedback to our mobile app, and app usage continues to grow in all of our stores.” Review | Top dining concerns: Shrimp and their tails; tail-wagging companions, and young companions 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Some usages just annoy Mr Pinker; he knows that singular “data” is widespread, even among scientists, but he declares himself in a “fussy minority” of holdouts. Talking sense 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z She counted five packages, which indicated personal consumption, not commercial usage. At JFK Airport, every day is wild for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspectors 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z He dialed back his internet consumption and usage, and bashed out an album without laboring over the process or sound. The secret to Jim James’ solo album “Uniform Distortion”: “Turn off your phone and open y... 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z There were fears that usage would increase, particularly among young people, leading to more addiction and mental health issues, crime and traffic accidents. Marijuana millionaires cashing in on cannabis legalisation 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The term, whose first known usage in this particular sense was in a 1992 essay in The Nation magazine citing the Iran-contra scandal and the Persian Gulf War, does not represent an entirely new concept. ‘Post-Truth’ Defeats ‘Alt-Right’ as Oxford’s Word of the Year 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Recently, he went to the Springsteen show on Broadway, where ushers double as military snipers, ready to do whatever is necessary to shut down phone usage or singing along. Jimmy Buffett Does Not Live the Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z The popularity of the Austin Powers films, and Myers’s particular facility with comic language, ensured that the phrase “Mini-Me” entered common usage, just as “Not!” Verne Troyer obituary 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z For example, most EVs have a highway speed “sweet spot” that ensures the most efficient battery usage. When hitting the road in an electric vehicle, plan for the unexpected 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Agriculture accounts for more than 70% of all water usage in the state, the vast majority of which is held by billionaire megafarmers with a chokehold on California's "bewilderingly complex" water rights. Is it possible to decolonize the wine industry? 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z We simply asked a friend to suspend usage in our presence. If the Size Fits 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Yet nothing is creative about the term in its recent usage. An Epic Takedown 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Style guides, including that of The Economist, as well as usage books like the celebrated American “Elements of Style”, warn writers off the passive, and automated grammar-checkers often suggest that passive clauses be redrafted. Passive panic 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z A December 2011 Nielsen study on mobile media usage shows that voice calls have dipped 12 percent since 2009, while text messaging has exploded in the same time period, even tripling in volume among teens. Let’s watch a murder 2012-06-10T01:00:00Z “Character” has fallen out of scientific usage, but it’s brandished at the pulpit and podium, often, in Garber’s telling, by those employing it for protective camouflage. What Is Your True ‘Character’? And Who’s to Judge It? 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z There is a man in California right now who is acting as a vigilante in terms of monitoring his neighbors for over usage of water in the face of new drought regulations. When the Cyberbully Is You 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The word has shifted considerably in its common usage over the past few decades. We like women better when they fall: “Me Before You” stumbles into the same old “relatable” trap 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Nine times during the past eight years, the Justice Department used the once-obscure Espionage Act to prosecute leakers — three times the usage of any other administration since the law was enacted 100 years ago. Perspective | Could reporters be hunted down if Trump goes after leakers? 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z One recent survey of online usage lists “information” as the 22nd most common word. ArtsBeat: Too Much Information About 'Information'? 2011-03-23T21:25:57Z Washington, D.C., ranked 17th in number of bookstores, seventh in educational level, 15th in library use, first in Internet usage, first in periodical publication and first in newspaper readership. Washington, D.C., wrests 'most literate' crown from Seattle 2011-01-10T18:09:03Z Dear Miss Manners: I've often wondered about the correct usage of "please." Perspective | Miss Manners: Announcing a ceremony that didn’t happen 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Gould either invented or brought into common usage most of the phrases and buzzwords that characterised the Blair era: "one nation", "renewal", "the future not the past", "the many not the few". Philip Gould: An Unfinished Life, edited by Dennis Kavanagh - review 2012-09-26T07:30:04Z Say my family was traveling somewhere, and we were using a navigation app and receiving messages from people we were meeting, plus looking up hotels and restaurants — a perfect storm of usage. Might as well face it, you’re addicted to screens. ... 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z “Standards of usage are desirable in many arenas of communication,” he writes, and yet “any prescriptive rules originated for screwball reasons.” Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z From Harry's heavy drug usage to his infamous Nazi uniform, here are the 13 biggest bombshells from Harry's memoir: The 13 biggest bombshells from Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir “Spare” 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z When the time comes, Ms. Burton said she potentially would negotiate a usage fee for a large-scale project, with the money benefiting the Pussycat Foundation. Who Owns Helen Gurley Brown’s Legacy? 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z The second contract stipulates that photographers can't even republish their own photos on their online portfolios and, once again, grants Firefly usage rights, in perpetuity. Is Taylor Swift a hero or a hypocrite? Some photographers say it's the latter 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Mr Simpson’s lexicography career began in the 1970s, scouring books for example usages and writing them down on notecards. Lexicography unbound 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z "There’s a good deal of slippage here, from grammar through usage, syntax and diction all the way to regional accent," Ferriss writes at the Chronicle of Education's Lingua Franca blog. For grammar geeks: 'Grammar Revolution' the documentary 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z An ATV rider named Ted was invented, and Ted rode his ATV through the Cretaceous Period, the Oregon Trail and the void, demonstrating proper helmet usage throughout. How a federal bureaucrat uses astronaut babies and dogs riding pigeons to try to save your life 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Academic linguists, the arch-descriptivists, are perfectly willing to call some usages wrong and others plain ugly. What would the doctor prescribe? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z And grammarians tend to be liberal, willing and often eager to promote common usage into acceptable speech. Why Weird Al's 'Word Crimes' Is English for Dummies 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z He stresses the importance of matching usage to what feels “natural” and intuitive. Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The early aughts is when the word girl began rising in usage, and it's here one can see how the term began to more specifically reference this 20-something stage in life. From "Barbie Girl" to Girl Dinner and beyond: What's behind our obsession with the girl-ish label 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z The three agreed that many usages were self-aggrandizing, and often frivolous; they rarely correlated with an act requiring considerable contemplation. Everyone’s a Curator Now 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The monthly data usage from my four-person household as of early May. Comcast To Cord-Cutters: You Should Pay More 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Price spent three years, off and on, researching the book, and the term became so prominent that the Oxford English Dictionary staff asked Price to verify the usage. How Richard Price does it: New York dialogue, only better 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z The lawsuit asked the court to stop the unauthorized usage of the slogan in connection with Kid Rock’s tour and merchandise, and award Feld profits derived from the slogan’s use and triple unspecified damages. Circus owner sues Kid Rock for using 'Greatest Show On Earth' slogan 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z My usage is heavy, best described as a zigzag, across apps. I've decided to reclaim my life – by using an old Nokia phone 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z To minimize energy usage, the house is heated by an air-source heat pump and its ventilation is powered by a mechanical-ventilation-with-heat-recovery system. In London, a Tucked-Away House Where the Living Is Easy 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The greatest case against universal mask usage, some experts said, is that it could embolden Americans to make risky choices and result in a failure to follow social distancing and hand-washing guidelines. Which DIY mask pattern should you use? Even experts can’t pick one to recommend. 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Braden wrote the scripts, and his mother, who speaks fluent French, helped him with the pronunciations and proper usage. Garfield High grad wins Internet Cat Video Film Festival 2012-09-02T04:41:23Z She demonstrates the usage of worship and praise in the Black experience in spaces that predate our painful places, ripping the keys to exalt that which sustains life. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z In the 1300s, this put referred to the act of thrusting a heavy stone in medieval contests—a usage that survives in shot put. The etymology of 15 weird and wonderful Olympic words 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z “Among them, the burden of work and the informational overburden, the blurring of the borders between private life and professional life, are risks associated with the usage of digital technology.” The French Counterstrike Against Work E-mail 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z But the company said Clash, 52, was disciplined after an internal investigation showed he "exercised poor judgment and violated company policy regarding Internet usage." 'Sesame Street' Elmo puppeteer takes leave amid sex scandal 2012-11-12T19:46:16Z The film shows how expanding toilet usage requires not simply supplying financing, but also changing habits. ‘Mr. Toilet’ Review: Getting a Handle on the World’s Toilet Shortage 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The same was true of the song's usage behind previously unaired footage of Hawley running from the same violent insurrectionists he had riled up earlier by raising his fist before entering the Capitol. Why "Yakety Sax" makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z According to KingJamesBibleOnline.org, “ye,” the antiquated pronoun for “you,” hovers somewhere around 40th when it comes to usage. Review | Kanye West’s ‘Ye’ is the unedited ramblings of the world’s oldest adolescent 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z The references to the 1990s were, like the usage of Goose, witty and entertaining without seeming excessive or shoehorned. "Captain Marvel" is a soaring success thanks to Brie Larson and an adorable cat 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Each chapter takes on a different prickly, stinky, tricky, troublesome fruit — its history and usage in herbalism, its flavor and appeal, its dangers and difficulties — and ends with recipes. Pick Your Poison: The Sweet, Sometimes Lethal Sides of Your Produce 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z It also raises concerns for the homeless and anyone who doesn’t conform to Amazon’s expected norms of park usage. Review | The Helix is a distraction. Amazon’s new headquarters will change more than just its Arlington neighborhood. 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z She finds the current debate over word usage odd. That Little Free Library on your corner is at the center of a feud over a family legacy and a trademark 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Instead, the results of the experiment found no differences in body weight or any biological measures of energy usage between the two meal patterns. The time of day you eat your biggest meal has little effect on weight loss: study 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Ultimately Berardini says that he hopes this film contributes to an awareness that police are misguided in their reliance on the weapon and motivates a much harder look at Taser usage. Amid Baltimore unrest, new film challenges a popular police weapon 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Some of the words have been around for decades, but are included in the dictionary because of increased usage. Swole, buzzy, among new words in Merriam-Webster dictionary 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z But what if you want to limit your data usage? Apptitude: Citymapper gets travelers where they’re going Nonetheless, the very first recorded usage of many words can be difficult to track down. Dictionary traces blue-arsed fly 2012-10-05T13:02:59Z Are miracle and faith being slyly travestied, or is this just another example of the going secular self-help usage? Mother of All Decisions: Sheila Heti’s New Novel Weighs Whether to Have a Child 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The debut of "Promoted Tweets" comes as Twitter increasingly faces questions about how it can turn its wide usage into profits. Twitter to have paid tweets show up in searches 2010-04-13T22:01:00Z In reality, a listed building's historical usage is always the most important thing to establish before even thinking about restoring it. Architect Hugh Petter on The Restoration Man 2010-03-22T22:00:00Z To what extent do you think you've brought these words into essential usage? David Bowie on Ziggy Stardust, white funk and other theatrical matters – a classic interview 2012-06-12T15:57:34Z When my alarm goes off after 20 minutes, the recommended usage time, I’m reluctant to get off and not just because I’m going to make that piglet noise again. Can a bed of nails really relieve stress and insomnia - or just make me squeal? 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Those who think we should go with the flow of evolution in syntax — welcome to the 21st century, word codgers — balk at the usage traditions of their very elder elders. Why Weird Al's 'Word Crimes' Is English for Dummies 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z For some usage controversies, like “fortuitous” to mean “fortunately,” the usage panel is more evenly split. Q&A with Steven Pinker, author of ‘The Sense of Style’ The HFHVP3′s monthly and annual usage costs are significantly higher than the My Heat Personal’s are, but then it does crank out 1000 more watts than the Lasko can. Great space heaters for your buck 2012-11-18T17:00:00Z Kevin Day still teaches the proper usage of "who" and "whom" in his International Baccalaureate English classes at Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kan. "I think it's a matter of knowing your audience," he said. Hallmark drives another nail in coffin of dying pronoun 'whom' 2012-09-07T00:09:03Z As the medium changed, usage and applications did as well. Imagining Africa, past and present 2013-02-13T08:33:51Z They scan online versions of newspapers, magazines, academic journals, books and even movie and television scripts until they detect what he calls “a critical mass” of usage that warrants inclusion. Swole, buzzy, among new words in Merriam-Webster dictionary 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Relationships unfold with a bright, glossy and antiseptic sentimentality in Park Hyun-gene’s “Like for Likes,” which brings abundant social media usage to shopworn rom-com contrivances. Review: ‘Like for Likes,’ a Rom-Com Set in Seoul 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Amazon is battling book publishers over pricing, newspapers are fighting Google over content usage, and cable networks and Internet providers are trying to stake claims in an untethered TV marketplace. Taylor Swift and Daniel Ek debate Spotify: What's a fan to do? 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z However, whether the FDA will earnestly reevaluate the usage of Red Dye No. 3 anytime soon remains to be seen. The FDA banned Red Dye No. 3 from cosmetics in 1990. Why are we still eating it? 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z To be disinterested, in traditional usage, is to be impartial. Perspective | Ask Amy: Sisters should lay their problems to rest 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z But usage of the terms got sloppy, which will happen with language born of nonsense and burnished by pop culture. ‘Growing up, we were the weird ones’: The wizarding, mermaiding, cosplaying haven of Epic Nerd Camp 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z An editor’s note read: “Until now ‘Ms’ had not been used because of the belief that it had not passed sufficiently into the language to be accepted as common usage. Sheila Michaels, who brought 'Ms' into mainstream, dies at 78 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Pinker’s knowledge of cognitive psychology and linguistics allows him to give well-argued reasons for following or flouting particular rules of usage. Can something be totally unique? Steven Pinker’s new book says yes. The man with the beat-up dictionary asked about particular words, like “handsome” and “rich,” reading aloud to us their definitions and posing sophisticated questions about usage. Teaching Jane Austen to sex offenders 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Because companies’ profit margins for most drugs exceed 95 percent, offering a 50 percent discount within the donut hole—in exchange for far greater drug usage overall—was a no-brainer. Why Closing Medicare's 'Donut Hole' is a Terrible Idea 2012-05-23T19:38:46Z This step eliminates rare words, character names and plot points, leaving him with words like “of” and “but,” ranked by usage. J.K. Rowling’s Secret: A Forensic Linguist Explains How He Figured It Out 2013-07-15T17:39:37Z “The first two to four weeks of usage, the skin goes through a process called retinization, where your skin adjusts to the application of the product,” he said. Retinoids remain the gold standard for fighting acne and wrinkles. Here’s what you should know. 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z The word dates back to at least 1992, but Oxford saw its usage explode by 2,000% this year, based on their ongoing monitoring of how people are using English. Oxford's Word of the Year for 2016 Is 'Post-Truth' 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Family Safety allows you to monitor and /or time the usage from your child’s account, block certain applications or sites, and get weekly reports reviewing the activity on the account. 7 Ways to Monitor Your Kid's Phone, Tablet and Laptop 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Until then, the usage of non-bar soap was mostly limited to public restrooms and hospitals. When Did Soap, Once Simple, Get So Complicated? 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z In response, the filmmakers denied violating fair usage rules and accused their critics of politically motivated censorship. Michael Moore film Planet of the Humans removed from YouTube 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z What to listen for: Roy Cohn’s phone meltdown, angel breath, the noise accompanying usage of seer stones, the announcement at a Mormon visitors’ center, and street sounds of New York. Ding. Hiss. Chirp. Broadway’s Best Sounds (Other Than the Songs). 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z The Southbank Centre says that we are at an early stage, and that it will "refine the brief, which will include an appropriate mix and usage of space". Why the Southbank Centre redevelopment plan is sheer folly 2012-08-04T23:05:31Z This casual usage in so many films must reinforce the drumbeat of US supremacy and benevolence in the real world. US presidents on film: after the fall 2013-04-10T08:44:51Z A spokesman said that the approach was to enforce the existing law, prevent usage and help addicts recover. Medical experts call for global drug decriminalisation 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Kate Humble boosts her air miles balance with a new series that looks at the history, trade and usage of spices. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-02-17T08:00:02Z The alternative, as showcased by a few other Cabinet secretaries, seemed to be overexposure by way of dubious usage of private jets, undisclosed conflicts of interest and photos in front of sheets of paper currency. Ben Carson, or the tale of the disappearing Cabinet secretary 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Still, I worry and try to stay conscious of my own usage. My slide back to OxyContin 2012-07-17T01:00:00Z Serpas doesn’t need to invent words; she scans stuff on a curb the way a poet scans language: with an eye for context, kinetics and usage, putting it together like it could all fall apart. Turning Trash Into Poetry 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z He bemoaned that reform leaders “were nearly as clueless as the Feds—and equally susceptible to doctrinaire thinking when it comes to adolescent drug initiation and usage.” Pot: Not just for losers! 2012-08-15T11:44:00Z But music analyst Mark Mulligan thinks that other developments are more responsible for the decline in usage of file-sharing sites. ISPs told to block 21 pirate sites 2013-10-29T14:36:10Z Per The New York Times, the legislation also criminalizes the usage, whether it's written or spoken, of the terms "war" and "invasion" — "special military operation" is to be used instead. "The View" calls out Tucker Carlson and media pawns "telling lies about the Russian people" 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Not everyone, though, is thrilled about this, and it’s not just the speed of e-bikers whizzing by — it’s the absence of law-following, law enforcement, even lawmaking regarding e-bike usage in their neighborhoods. Everyone loves e-bikes — except some who have to share roads with them 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z From the perspective of a very tired observer at home, Williams' usage of the term associated with frivolity and celebration seemed to be pushing it a bit. Ain't no party like an MSNBC party, even on this weirdly sober Super Tuesday 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z He is uncompromising in matters of taste, ethics and English usage, as well as a wet-eyed sentimentalist and a man who likes to have a good time. ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ Review: Another Clue for You All 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z However, looking across generations at the end of the 20th century, usage rates of the leveled “was” declined. Combatting stereotypes about Appalachian dialects 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z In Manitoba, the health service usage for individuals classified as overweight was found to be similar to those classified as normal weight. How taxing sugary drinks reinforces weight stigma 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z The best way to answer is to see how he would fit into today’s “usage wars” over authority and correctness. What would the doctor prescribe? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The special cups are fitted with microchips to prevent usage on multiple days, and only reactivate on subsequent days for the $8.99 fee, Bloomberg reports. Universal theme park visitor suing over 'deceptive' unlimited soda deal 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z OK, but do those guidelines reflect their actual usage? Study: Texting doesn’t erode your writing skills :) 2014-01-16T13:15:00Z We’re going to start small, with an elementary lesson on comma usage. The Comma Queen: Series Première 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z The guidelines neither encourage nor discourage their usage. Perspective | Canada’s new dietary advice is to avoid sugar substitutes. Will U.S. follow suit? 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z English today is an enormous bloom of syntactical and diction influences that cannot be restricted to either North American or English usages. Goodbye, Steinbeck; All Hail, Shelley 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z "There's been a lot of controversy surrounding the usage of the n-word in this movie," began Fox Houston's film critic Jake Hamilton. Has Django Unchained defused the 'n-bomb'? 2013-01-14T17:26:56Z But in general the technology is amoral and exciting or not depending on usage. Hologram Tupac: not a good sign for humanity 2012-04-19T20:04:48Z So it’s not just that Internet usage is growing. Yang Lan, the 'Oprah of China,' Expands Her Reach 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z AT&T, for example, now offers $30 a month rates that allow 120 megabytes of usage in over 140 countries. Frugal Traveler Blog: How to Avoid a Smartphone's Bite 2012-09-18T20:48:14Z “There was nothing at all negative about trying to attain language usage that was non-offensive.” How ‘politically correct’ went from compliment to insult 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z I make my bread deciding whether a word is an attributive noun or adjective, parsing adverbial uses over conjunctive uses, writing those delightfully boring usage notes in your dictionary. A plea for syntactical sanity on US National Grammar Day 2013-03-04T20:32:24Z Originally used to describe female opera singers, modern usage of the word oscillates between a label for tempestuous and demanding celebrities, and a somewhat caricaturing term for black female singers. Celebrity divas: the foolish, fabulous, not-so-fearsome rich 2012-11-15T16:25:36Z The widespread usage of "they/them" may be a recognition by many nonbinary students of the difficulty of getting others to use pronouns that may not be well known even in trans communities. College students are increasingly identifying beyond "she" and "he" 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z The thresholds were designed by actuaries who mined actual drug usage statistics to identify the optimal price points. Why Closing Medicare's 'Donut Hole' is a Terrible Idea 2012-05-23T19:38:46Z Third, there are many words which appear for the first time in printed works attributed to Shakespeare which have not entered into common usage at all. Letters: Refudiating Palin's Shakespeare link 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z Cage demonstrates himself, again and again, as a master of its usage. Why Nic Cage was the perfect f**king host for a show about cursing etymology 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Read about the usage and history of the knots, adjust the speed of the animations or pause them, rotate a knot for a different perspective and use your finger to tie and untie it. Tracking Ships (and Sharks) and Tying Knots: Apps to Enrich Your Seaside Vacation 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z I politely and gently inform them that we do not permit cellphone usage at the dinner table. Carolyn Hax: When a table for two doesn’t include you 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z And because this particular spike in usage involves the specter of Gamergate, it turns out that some people are irritated by the usage of Milkshake Duck. How a Joke Becomes a Meme: The Birth of ‘Milkshake Duck’ 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z No one thought its casual usage was a good thing — and the implication that even clueless hate speech was part of being a “boy” was one plenty of parents found infuriating. Motherlode Blog: Parental Quandary Considered: Rape Jokes Are Never 'Boys Being Boys' 2012-04-19T21:03:50Z Swanson buys the cheapest package available and stretches his usage. First time taking a cruise? Here’s what you need to know. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Sustainability will not boil down to only pesticides and water usage; it will also be measured by the longevity of a garment’s relevance. Marc Jacobs marks a poetic end to a fashion season of reassuring upheaval 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z The study’s co-author, Gitanjali Singh, also recommended regulations to curb the intake of sugary drinks, specifying that “taxing sugary drinks in the same way as cigarettes, or limiting advertising or access, may help reduce usage.” Big Soda: We’re not mass killers 2013-03-21T04:03:00Z Also, usage in ASL, as in any language, has changed since the 1930s. In ‘Mockingbird,’ a deaf actor finally gets his wish: Not to be defined solely by deafness 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z In West Virginia in the early 1970s, the usage rate of the leveled “was” hovered around 70 percent in the speech of the residents of Mercer and Monroe counties. Combatting stereotypes about Appalachian dialects 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z “The idea that there are exactly two approaches to usage — all the traditional rules must be followed, or else anything goes — is the sticklers’ founding myth,” he says. Can something be totally unique? Steven Pinker’s new book says yes. “But other countries use vastly more antibiotics in the community and they need to start doing as we are, which is reducing usage,” she said. Antibiotic resistance could spell end of modern medicine, says chief medic 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z According to Oxford, several of the words — including amazeballs and neckbeard — increased in usage at similar rates in the U.S. and UK. ICYMI: Oxford Dictionaries adds “mansplain” and “douchebaggery” 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z But most readers are likely to be especially interested in the last chapter, which deals with specific usages. Can something be totally unique? Steven Pinker’s new book says yes. Contemporary research shows their usage may contribute to environmental and health issues like asthma. Tucker Carlson is once again enraged by "woke M&M's" lack of sex appeal 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The new grass panels will receive an aggressive level of maintenance to counter the effects of usage and the natural stresses facing cool-season grasses in hot, humid Washington. Once barely surviving, the grass on the Mall gets a serious makeover 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z If anything, private helicopter usage is set to grow, so long as bills like the one proposed last year by New York lawmakers to limit air traffic don’t pass. Somewhere Between a Shared Cab and a Private Jet, It’s the Commuter Helicopter 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z The common thread in all of these plots is the usage of interracial couples as tools to explore America's fears surrounding race, not as distinct people or unique romances. Where's the love, "You People"? The frustration of Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill's interracial rom-com 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z As Morin’s Atlantic article notes, psilocybin was used for medicinal purposes for centuries by indigenous peoples before Western Christian globalization stomped out its mainstream usage. Psychedelic mushrooms could cure anxiety for cancer patients 2014-04-27T16:00:00Z I love the way that phrase has gotten into common usage. Paddington's Forebear: A Talk With Michael Bond 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Whatever the reason, its usage graph on Google's Ngram Viewer shoots up from 1990, alarmingly like the graph of global temperature. 10 of the worst examples of management-speak 2013-04-25T13:01:55Z He also addresses social media and the problems of misuse that have bedeviled Facebook, including usage by foreign governments for political purposes. Cyberwarfare — the Latest Technology of Destruction 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Consistent with Nolan's aesthetic, "Oppenheimer" is darker despite the filmmaker's color usage to not only differentiate between timelines and perspectives but steep us in the political and social energy of each era. We did Barbenheimer, the "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" double feature. You should too 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z The rest of his CV is pretty good, too: ex-president of the Authors Guild, usage consultant to the American Heritage Dictionary, etc. 'Alphabetter Juice': Roy Blount Jr. riffs on words, in all their sonicky glory 2011-05-19T19:55:04Z The group of contestants seemed to be appalled at his usage of the slur. "Big Brother" houseguest evicted for racial slur; dad denies he's racist because of Black family 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z The use of tarot cards in divination came into usage during the 1700s and have since been connected to the occult and mysticism around the world. Tarot helped me take advice from my mother 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z And apparently the entire country sort of voluntarily monitored their own energy usage. Don’t Despair, Protest: Playwright Lucy Kirkwood Sees No Other Choice 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z “Brandon’s love of language has been evident since his first novel,” Smith Henderson writes in his review, “but in terms of sheer prose, ‘Ivory Shoals’ is a luxury of vocabulary, diction and old-timey usage. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The dictionary lists its first known usage as 1946, though it appeared in The New York Times as early as 1923. A Short History of ‘Simp’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z According to the math above, the monthly usage savings for a single bulb is $1.25. Why you should switch to LED lightbulbs right now, before the law requires it 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Cash aid plummeted, but food stamp usage soared to new highs and the Medicaid rolls expanded. Why Do People Who Need Help From the Government Hate It So Much? 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z "Laureate", because of its common usage, is understood better, but as it's actually an adjective describing the noun "poet", it is, come to think of it, itself rather a foosty antique construction. Makar's a muckle of an honour 2011-01-25T10:39:43Z But for fans of social media — and other sorts of data usage — it’s undeniably getting cheaper to stay connected. Frugal Traveler: Tips for Travel Savings in 2014 2014-01-07T19:20:12Z Today’s bosses must cobble together remedies that vary from a little readjustment of workplace lighting to usage of a psychiatric arsenal. Being Blunt: The Price of Workplace Pandemonium 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z “Evidence of increased usage: toilet paper in trees. I don’t touch that stuff. It will eventually rot away.” Fall foliage is coming, and so are the hikers. Here’s how to find trails less traveled. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z He walked me through his adoration for the flavor profile, his desire to produce interesting recipes for Parmigiano usage, how to properly honor the special ingredient and what he's dreaming up next. Are you putting Parmigiano Reggiano on your espresso martini? You should be 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Instead of calling people out on 4 March for all the usages they get wrong, how about pointing out all the thing things that people – against all odds – get right? A plea for syntactical sanity on US National Grammar Day 2013-03-04T20:32:24Z The fault lies in the usage or over-usage, not the word—even dumb or faddish words. Robin Morgan on Why Feminist Is a 21st Century Word 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z The very first recorded usage of many words can be difficult to track down. Can you make a defining contribution to the Oxford dictionary? 2012-10-08T12:08:14Z So many disability slurs are still in common usage — in the mouths of celebrities, in papers of record. From Lizzo to Beyoncé, why does harmful language for disability persist? 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Nielsen, a company that measures media usage, estimated that 13.2 million viewers watched Sunday night's awards show on ABC. Ratings up for Emmy Awards to 13.2 million viewers 2012-09-24T20:32:14Z All the rest allow usage in some form. America’s dangerous love for pyrotechnics: 4 facts about fireworks 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Like Bray, Crombie, who joined Instagram to keep an eye on her kids’ online usage, started posting cleaning pictures without any expectations they would become so popular. Meet the 'cleanfluencers', the online gurus who like things nice and tidy 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z And as Internet access and usage increases, this trend is likely to grow. Internet addiction is just the next evolutionary step 2013-05-31T15:20:00Z After covering the fanfare of Iridium’s official launch day, Bloom shifts his camera to a sole employee monitoring first-day phone usage. 'Eccentric Orbits' chronicles the stunning failure (and improbable revival) of the Iridium satellite phone 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The second — and it immediately flags it as a usage problem — is “to behave in an indecisive manner, delay or procrastinate.” Q&A with Steven Pinker, author of ‘The Sense of Style’ Some analysts expect a number of recent product changes to drive more usage over time. Twitter Stock Plunges After Reporting Weak Earnings 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z “I think his dealings with these questions are very original in the sense of his usage of photography and video.” Israeli Nir Evron’s visually rich, multilayered take on history 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z In the meantime, Gansky and other experts urged people to follow existing public health guidelines and usage recommendations on mouthwash products. What those studies on mouthwash and coronaviruses actually mean 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Yet cockney offers the only authentic piece of vocabulary we have to describe the indigenous working class culture of east London and, as such, its usage is commonly a measure of their standing. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z As the toll-free hotline was designed to help immigrants in detention centers, it’s unclear if its appearance on “Orange is the New Black” resulted in a significant uptick in usage. ICE allegedly shut down immigrant hotline after it appeared on "Orange Is the New Black" 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z For example, in LA County unincorporated areas, restaurants are being asked to reduce their plastic usage. Can the California plastics law solve our plastic problem? 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Or nah: similar to”or not” as in giving an option, but this usage is widely used as opposed to “or not.” Bama, cised, lunchin: these are some of the terms native to D.C. This paints a much less literal picture than deep-seeded, which helps explain why deep-seeded-versus-deep-seated is one of many word usage mistakes that even smart people make. 11 commonly misheard phrases that actually make sense 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Another Disney-owned network, ESPN, confirmed on Tuesday it is in preliminary talks with wireless carriers about subsidizing data plans to boost mobile usage of its sports content. ABC bets TV viewers will marvel at superhero show 2013-05-14T20:20:29Z She also interviewed several Whidbey Island teens "to get help on the high school, the alternative high school, drug usage on the island, and things of that ilk." Mystery author Elizabeth George pens first teen thriller 2012-11-06T05:50:38Z Tyler White, a young activist, pulled out his phone and found an article that said the usage derived from a British term for braggadocio. The dark, crazy heart of Florida is on full display — again — at the election recount 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z As members of Gen Z, we understand that there are positive attributes and there are negative attributes to social media, but right now, in its current usage, it can be really harmful. Feeling Bad? Maybe It’s Time to Log Off. 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z That detail didn't horrify some nearly as much as his and Chapel's usage of a serum not yet seen before in "Star Trek." "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" shows how war muddles the moral compass of two of its crew 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z I had to parent quite heavily around my 10-year-old’s phone usage – no data, only wifi, block many things/numbers. 'There's less talking now': readers on how smartphones altered family life 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z The use of AI remains a contentious topic in Hollywood, especially amid an ongoing actors strike over studios usage of AI to digitally recreate and generate onscreen performances. Tom Hanks, Robin Williams’ daughter slam recent AI recreations used without their consent 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z He attributes some of these issues to a combination of phone and laptop usage — a recipe for poor ergonomics and compromised posture. Hunching over screens is hurting your back. Can wearable tech pull you out of a slump? 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z On his computer he was tracking usage of the Smalls webcast, which was being seen by viewers as far away as South Africa, Russia and Brazil. Critic’s Notebook: Smalls and Other Clubs Are Webcasting Concerts 2013-07-12T21:35:22Z Browse user-friendly style and usage guides, such as Strunk and White, Bryan Garner and Grammar Girl. @Work Advice: Having words with a bad editor. Plus how to be a better writer. 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z It’s impossible, while watching, not to note other Greek words in everyday usage — technology, dialogue, analysis, to name a few. ‘The Owl’s Legacy’ Explores the Glory That Was Greece 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z The study also found that not knowing the full meaning or origin doesn’t necessarily stop usage. These are the most annoying slang words Americans use, according to new survey 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Proper usage and maintenance will extend the life of the clothes dryer. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Dryer safety 2020-08-13T04:00:00Z A kind of label-maker on wheels, he put more phrases into popular usage than any writer of his era: The Me Decade. Tom Wolfe Kept a Close, Comical and Astonished Eye on America 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z "They look for widespread, sustained usage and when they think the usage merits it, they include it." Webster's dictionary adds 'selfie,' 'tweep,' 'turducken' 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z “She has cut down her water usage by over 50% in the last several months,” he declares, “and she is going to conserve further.” Moronic irrigation: LA’s new turf war against its sprinkler-happy celebrities 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Numerous bills have also been backed by conservative lawmakers in an attempt to limit LGBTQ+ people's rights, healthcare and even proper pronoun usage. TX school bans trans boy from playing "Oklahoma!" male lead, recasts with cisgender male student 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The flaw of thinking there is a finite usage period lies in overlooking the fact there will be discoveries and innovation that will move the estimate upward. Alt.Fuel.Car 2011-06-08T22:00:00Z In Ohio, blacks are four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana-related offenses than white Ohioans, despite similar rates of usage. As Ohio prepares to vote on marijuana legalization, which states will be next? 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z But it said Clash exercised "poor judgment" and was disciplined for violating company policy regarding Internet usage. Elmo puppeteer accused of underage relationship 2012-11-12T15:35:26Z Customers of the local utility, City Water, Light and Power, receive bills that compare their usage with their neighbors’. Circa Now: Local Efforts to Help the Earth 2010-10-13T21:40:00Z To her monthly pay, we’d add five hundred rupees for her phone usage, plus another two thousand for bus money and lunch—a total of about forty dollars. Women’s Work 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z |
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