My vocabulary keeps expanding. This year I noticed the word tranche appearing in the news. It’s a word which seems intended to amaze rather than inform. There is an article by Daniel Uria at UPI on April 28, 2022 titled National Archives releasing new tranche of records from Trump White House to Jan. 6 committee. A second article by Rebecca Beitsch at The Hill on October 5, 2022 is titled ‘Privileged’ Mar-a-Lago tranche includes Trump legal docs, discussion on pardons. A third article by Michael Shermer at Newsweek on December 16, 2022 titled What the JFK assassination documents exposed | Opinion begins by stating that:
“On Thursday, December 15, the National Archives and Records Administration released a tranche of 13,173 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.”
And on December 21, 2022 President Joe Biden tweeted:
“Today, I’m announcing the next tranche of security assistance to Ukraine:
A $1.85 billion package that includes equipment and ammunition contracts. And a Patriot missile battery that we will train forces to operate as part of our effort to strengthen Ukranian air defense.”
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary says tranche just is French for a slice, and defines a tranche as:
“a division or portion of a pool or whole”
Sportswriters have a whole set of synonyms for when they get tired of saying a team is winning – like beating, conquering, defeating, dominating, drubbing, licking, overpowering, shellacking, sweeping, trouncing, vanquishing, or whipping.
Tranche belongs on another list - along with amount, bowl, cup, division, helping, plate, portion, quantity, ration, serving, and slice.
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