term of art
Americannoun
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A niche term of art in machine-learning research, it is proving a handy metaphor for talking about growth and threatening to cross over into wider business-speak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Not to use a term of art here, but I have to hedge my answer.
From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026
The metastatic growth of the upper-middle-class house has led to a familiar term of art: the McMansion.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025
What all these fighters seek is freedom, a word that appears capitalized throughout the book, like a term of art or faith.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
The word "trust" has become a term of art.
From Popular Law-making by Frederic Jesup Stimson
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