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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a term for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when defining or explaining a specific term or concept.
Example: "The word 'biodiversity' is often used as a term for the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem."
Alternatives: "as a designation for" or "as a label for".
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It is sometimes used as a term for Afrikaners.
'I'd never use "middle-class" as a term for describing someone.
The word had once been used as a term for extortion.
Conceptually even more problematic is the use of "Islamic art" as a term for a diffuse, multicultural range of objects.
The term BANANA OIL was a new on on me, especially used as a term for insincere flattery.
Although sun worship has been used frequently as a term for "pagan" religion, it is, in fact, relatively rare.
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Age and hippocampal volume were included as covariates, as was a term for the interaction between hippocampal volume and group.
The foul differential — it is as good a term for it as any — is a surprisingly important indicator of a team's chances of winning a national championship.
He called the shape of his building "helicoidal," which is as arcane a term for "spiral" as there is.
The document refers to Nazis only as "goyim" – a term for non-Jews some people argue is offensive.
Keith Hernandez picked the wrong day — Memorial Day — to use "dead soldier" as a descriptive term for a sawed-off bat.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com