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'fleeting glimpse' alternate phrases? [closed]
"Fleeting glimpse" is a brilliant phrase, but like all brilliant phrases, it's become clichéd beyond belief. What are your favourite alternatives?
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Polite/professional alternative to 'It turns out'
I have been tasked with coming up with a nicer phrase to use than 'It turns out'. It is to be used in situations like the below:
'It turns out' that we cannot...
'It turns out' that we ...
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Phrase synonymous to “a general understanding”?
I am writing a goal where I would like to replace the phrase "a general understanding" with something synonymous.
The whole line reads:
Writes clean and concise code that reflects a general ...
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Alternative to “take X into account” [closed]
The approaches take runtime information and the structure of program into account, therefore it generates a more effective plan with higher chance succeed.
Is there a way to restructure it to:
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A better way of articulating 'ataractically candid'
I'm trying to convey the sense of a rare moment of tranquility in the mind of a confused, flawed and tormented character.
This is the most ataractically candid thing I've ever written.
This ...
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Redeeming, sort of. Need a better word!
My site has a feature where users can buy, or they can obtain a code that will allow someone else to buy it for them.
The part of the page that lets the buyer input the code and gift the item to the ...
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Word or phrase to describe an activity that is “used to pass time”
Aside from pastime, what is a word or phrase that can be used to describe an activity that is not pleasurable and used only as a diversion while letting time pass?
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Alternate ways to say someone is grumpy
My manager is a pretty moody woman. Whenever she feels annoyed or doesn't like what you are doing, she would show her displeasure on her face right away. By reading her face, you would know ...
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Word meaning: “to make one reconsider”
I am looking for a one-word synonym (or short phrase) meaning "to make one reconsider" or "to make one rethink". This would be used in the context of explaining how an event makes one step back and ...
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Popular alternatives to “thank you”
The context for my question might be a bit strange.
I have stuttering and therefore I have some difficulties pronouncing some words starting with particular phonetics. And I've found that if a ...
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What is a less ambiguous word for “confuse” in context of describing two similar things?
What is the most natural way to express "confuse" in the sense of "unable to tell apart" as in following sentence:
John always confuses the twins and is never able to tell them apart.
I don't ...
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Usage with “in this” [closed]
I am writing a technical report. I want to link previous sentence with the current sentence, giving the reasons.
I used the following wording:
In this end, this report discuses a novel ...
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What are other ways to say “virtually impossible”?
What are other ways of saying "virtually impossible"?
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What is the synonym/antonym for “feminist”/“feminism”?
I am looking for a word or phrase that are to men's rights as the words feminist/feminism are to women rights.
And will the word or phrase be called a synonym or antonym?
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Substitute for “give or take”
Is there a better word or way of saying give or take to refer to the possibility of inaccuracy? For example,
I will be arriving in 30 minutes, give or take 5 minutes.
I want to indicate the ...
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Alternative to the phrase “took place”?
My sentence looks something like this:
Immediately after the task was complete an interview took place.
I'm trying to think of a good alternative to took place. So far all I can think of is ...
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Any other way of saying “blah blah blah”
You might say "blah blah blah" when you're not interested in what'd be said.
I sometimes say "whatever" to convey the same idea, which does not share the nice rhythm effect of "blah blah blah". As a ...
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Better way to say “repeat sequentially”
I'm trying to say "it counts the number of times a given value repeats sequentially" in a list, meaning it finds the maximum number of times a value occurs in a row in a list. I know there's a word ...
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Synonym or short phrase for 'entablature'
I am not sure if this word has multiple meanings, but I am using it in an architectural context. Classical orders have distinctive columns with distinctive capitals. However, when I say each style ...
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What are the metaphorical ways to say that someone has died? [closed]
What are the metaphorical ways to say that someone has died?
For example "He has gone to the far country where he will be happy for ages".
P.S. There is this question, but it focuses on mentioning ...
