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Meanings of become shorthand in English
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Usage of become shorthand in English
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Political parties have becomeshorthand for far more than just policy preferences.
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Davos, where the meeting takes place, has now becomeshorthand for the forum's official title.
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What is it like to have your name becomeshorthand for a culture war controversy?
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But it's easy to see why this small sect has becomeshorthand for religious extremism in America.
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Suburbia has becomeshorthand for this commitment.
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Lately, global sports tournaments have becomeshorthand for inflated infrastructure spending, eye-watering cost overruns and white elephant stadiums.
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The word's becomeshorthand for hard work and discomfort but without it human life just wouldn't be the same.
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The second problem is that the word "troll" has becomeshorthand for describing any behaviour online that may cause offence.
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So it is with Rorke's Drift, a name that has becomeshorthand for the underdog who stands his ground against overwhelming odds.
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If a face mask has become the pandemic's defining symbol, has the colour white becomeshorthand for Ivanka Trump's handling of it?
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The anecdote has becomeshorthand for the self-interest that often overrides the moral imperative on doctors to give priority to the public good.
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The problem with this modern sense of realpolitik is that the word has becomeshorthand for "the ends justify the means".
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Race is what we can see, the physical traits that have been given arbitrary meaning and becomeshorthand for who a person is.
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Ten days later Fema had becomeshorthand for incompetence and Brown was forced to quit, a setback from which Bush's standing never fully recovered.
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Worldwide, the devices have becomeshorthand for the rapid advance of the disease -and the desperation of officials who fear their stocks are inadequate.
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Lay and Enron becameshorthand for corporate fraud and late-night comics looking for an easy laugh.