Sentence examples for has entered common usage from inspiring English sources

After World War II, he said, the term "crimes against humanity" has entered common usage.

Nationalization, unmentionable only yesterday, has entered common usage not least because an even scarier word — depression — is next on America's list to avoid.

In titling "The End of Ideology" and another work, "The Coming of Post-Industrial Society" (1973), Mr. Bell coined terms that have entered common usage.

Indeed, George Smiley has entered common parlance.

The name "Real IRA" entered common usage when members had a roadblock in Jonesborough, County Armagh and told motorists "We're from the IRA.

Deborah Cameron, writing about feminist dictionaries, has cited the example of the word "lesbian," which wasn't included in the Oxford English Dictionary until 1976, roughly two centuries after it entered common usage.

It was in the 1980s that a new jargon of 'Yuppies' and 'Nimbies' entered common usage.

Several participants subsequently introduced this term at their offices, and it quickly entered common usage.

The character of Quixote became an archetype, and the word quixotic, used to mean the impractical pursuit of idealistic goals, entered common usage.

The phrase Potemkin village entered common usage in Russia and globally, despite its fictional origin.

The words "credit crunch" were yet to enter common usage, and lenders were still being easy with mortgages.