Sentence examples for no better term from inspiring English sources

(Purists will note that the storm, which did not originate in the tropics, doesn't comply with the formal definition of hurricane; yet, there is no better term for it).

To be sure, communal office workers (is there no better term for the old office-office?) are bound to routines and schedules that interfere with domestic bliss and duties.

This is an ad-hoc band that made one record for Thrill Jockey two years ago, and what a record it was: in one stroke it resolved the tension between Chicago's electronic avant-garde, its experimental rockers (sorry, there's no better term) and its new-jazz crowd, building horn charts around spooky abstractions.

It is therefore nonsense to assert that Nixon in 1972 achieved no better terms than what Lyndon Johnson was "offering" in 1968.

Draghi's interview comes amid a Guardian investigation into the incomes of Generation Y, also known as millennials, showing they are almost no better off in terms of disposable income than their parents were in a number of countries across Europe and America.

NHM server is better than ATOM server for most workloads in terms of performance-per-watt (except Wordsort), while is no better than ATOM in terms of performance-per-$.

For example, in the trials on fetal nigral tissue transplantation for Parkinson's disease, the active treatment was no better than placebo in terms of outcome and resulted in more severe side effects, such as dystonias and dyskinesias.

More meaningful, she says, is that several studies show that antibacterial soaps sold to consumers are no better than plain soaps in terms of reducing illness or the count of bacteria left on hands.

Our preliminary evidence suggests that electroacupuncture and traditional acupuncture were no better than sham acupuncture in terms of changes in the pain score.

Details have always been the best the designer has to offer, from his quintessentially colorful suit linings to the way his hems are stitched and this collection of active wear, for lack of a better term, is no exception.

At times they provide a nice hedge against stocks, too, though they've fared no better long term.