thumb-sucker n.— «For every inane segment on “Dateline” or plodding thumb-sucker on PBS, there is a smart, innovative documentary elsewhere.» —“From One Voice to Many, a New Golden Age of News” by Alessandra...
crack tax n.— «Another segment would update what some refer to as the state’s “crack tax,” changing the state levy for full marijuana plants. The state already requires drug dealers to buy tax stamps similar to those found on...
lane n.— «A large segment of the clip had to do with opinion about the war, and that’s not my lane.…There were two parts in what I saw that went directly to my lane in the road, which is the health of the U.S. military.» —“DoD...
copreneur n.— «As if making a marriage thrive isn’t work enough, more and more couples are saying “We do” to work life.…“Copreneurs,” as they’re called, are a rapidly growing segment of business partnerships...
blast n.— «Statistics, such as those from Forrester Research, Jupiter and other firms, show us that traditional “segment, batch and blast” e-mail is not a plausible long-term strategy for building more profitable customer...
ground v.— «Jennifer O’Neil, a film producer and director, explained that when shooting background footage (b-roll) she uses a technique called grounding. To ground the camera must end definitively on an object or scene that signals the...