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This tag is for questions seeking a phrase or an expression that fits a meaning. If you're specifically seeking only a single word, see the "single word requests" tag too.
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What's an alternative term for "age groups"?
A perfect synonym is "age bracket".
(macmillan) age bracket the range between two particular ages
people in the 50–60 age bracket
(OALD) age group noun,
Eng /ˈeɪdʒ ɡruːp/
Am /ˈeɪdʒ ɡruːp/
(also les …
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Phrase for a kind, but unnecessary gesture
The idea that the particular act performed is useless is not directly expressed by the term "perfunctory", but the idea of something done as a matter of usual behaviour but without much faith in the o …
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when say: she's gone, which one is correct: she is gone or she has gone
This is a little confusing; you can tell from the context; "to be gone" means to be have disappeared" or to have gone away" but also "to be dead"; here, obviously it's the first choice (she has diappe …
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How to academically write the following statement?
The reviewer's qualifying as dubious statement xyz is justified.
Let's first acknowledge as well founded the reviewer's appraisal of statement xyz as dubious.
The reviewer's criticizing statement xyz …
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What's a less profane alternative to "as f**k"?
"Drunk as a lord" still seems a modern phrase, although it's not as popular as the recently introduced "drunk as a skunk": ngram.
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An alternative for ‘in whatever way’ in this context
This term, whatever its explanation, has an implication for our situation. (short)
This term, however explained, has an implication for our situation. (shortest)
This term, however construed/inter …
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"Lost challenge" clearly showing a reversal of expectations
That depends on the criterion that determines conventional thinking. Is it a mathematical rule (speed of computation of electronic machines)? (1) Is it a statistical rule (boxing relative to the age o …
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How to say this concisely?
The school curriculum permitting, I'd be willing to teach an introductory course on the topic.
(ref. Representation Matters: Becoming an anti-racist educator) At Key Stage 3, teachers can teach the …
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What’s the right phrase for “someone narrating the experience of a community they do not bel...
The means of achieving the goal, "capturing", must be found in the substitute, at least approximately; the idea is that they are not adequate and that must be superimposed on the concept that the term …
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Term or phrase for a situation that I would benefit from and enjoy, but wouldn't encourage t...
The state of mind that the situation creates hinges on the awareness of a possible gain through dealing in dishonest practices on the one hand and the awareness that indulging in that sort of behaviou …
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What is a less common phrase that's similar to 'To the untrained eye...'?
There is nothing wrong with "to the untrained eye"; nevertheless, one might wish to use synonyms or slight variants of an expression.
As a variant with little difference, "to the uninitiated eye" is …
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A phrase similar to "It's what you do that makes you who you are"
You are your actions.
This is the plain rendering in words of the idea found in the description, and someone has thought worthwhile to use it as the theme of an essai and as part of the title of it. …
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What is a phrase for when someone demonstrates the opposing point by trying to demonstrate t...
There is a frequently used term having that meaning; it applies in particular to plans but it can be extended to situations involving plan-like schemes: "to backfire".
(Cambridge Dictionary) backfir …
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How would you describe someone as intelligent using a similar phrase to "she has fire in her...
I suppose one would like to preserve a certain parallelism in the form of the images used, and thus I'd try to supply a term as in the following.
She has fire in her belly and sparks in her head.
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Phrase or expression for being on the second level in terms of worseness
"Next worse" is one possibility.
( The skeleton in the cupboard - lady Harriet Anne Scott · 1861) She could not bear reading or writing, and reading a letter was next worse to writing one.
(Prospect T …
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