Example Sentences

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To use a word that might seem jargony, we should take a dialectical approach.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

In its jargony way, the Bank of England is warning that the corporate bond and leveraged bond markets are looking a bit bubble-like.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2021

The phrase’s jargony clang makes the entire matter seem less whimsical, but the switch expresses even more ignorance than its predecessor: Are these things even flying?

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2021

The keystrokes saved from “president” are hardly worth the jargony feel that these all-caps character blobs introduce into copy.

From Fox News • Jul. 6, 2020

He wasn’t particularly introspective by nature, and he had trouble presenting a board-friendly narrative of his life or remembering the definition of jargony self-help words like “prosocial.”

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2020