Sentence examples for in contemporary usage from inspiring English sources

The word "racism" in contemporary usage is treacherously slippery.

(In contemporary usage and spelling, the term Melayu refers to Malay peoples).

In contemporary usage, "coelenterate" generally refers only to cnidarians, but the latter term is used in order to avoid ambiguity.

The dispute revolved around shanzhai, a term that translates literally into "mountain fortress"; in contemporary usage, it connotes counterfeiting that you should take pride in.

Their centre was the Sich, an armed camp in the lands of the lower Dnieper "beyond the rapids" (za porohy)—hence, Zaporozhia (in contemporary usage, Zaporizhzhya).

Plenty of people – respected authorities on grammar among them – consider the phrase acceptable in contemporary usage, but Mr Henderson says it is wrong.

In keeping with contemporary usage, the first issue of The New-York Daily Times, on Sept. 18, 1851, used the hyphen.

The new versions reflect contemporary usage in the Burmese language.

The language we use in the paper should not only reflect contemporary usage but give it a nudge in the right direction if it slips.

Contemporary usage casts a "diva" in a negative light; opposite of it's real meaning.

(In contemporary American usage "subconscious" has become synonymous with -- and preferable to -- the ambiguous term "unconscious").