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terms

/ tɜːmz /

plural noun

usually specified prenominally the actual language or mode of presentation used
he described the project in loose terms
conditions of an agreement
you work here on our terms
a sum of money paid for a service or credit; charges
usually preceded by on mutual relationship or standing
they are on affectionate terms
in terms of
in terms of as expressed by; regarding
in terms of money he was no better off
come to terms
come to terms to reach acceptance or agreement
to come to terms with one's failings

Lacey Noonan's A Gronking to Remember makes 50 Shades of Grey look like Madame Bovary in terms of its literary sophistication.

I was a journalist in New York City for the last of his three gubernatorial terms, a little more.

Yet to hear one of the victims so publicly rejecting the kinds of terms used in the past was inspiring.

Maybe I have come more to terms with, somewhere over the years, that people will think whatever they think.

The Newsroom aired its final episode on Sunday, already an eternity ago in news-cycle terms.

Results are in terms of bulk of precipitate, which must not be confused with percentage by weight.

Modification in its terms growing in part out of these new conditions will subsequently be required from time to time.

The society newspapers for the week alluded to the matter in veiled, but unmistakable terms.

Of the extent of this increased power of production we can only speak in general terms.

It happened that I didn't stay around those police posts long enough to get familiar with the technical terms for everything.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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