: the act or manner of expressing in words : phraseology
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What's the exact wording of the agreement?
it's important to get the wording of this law precisely correct
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The group is asking the court to require a rewrite of the ballot language and the wording displayed at polling sites.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
Other than a change in administration, though, there's really nothing that has changed in the statute's wording, so this change in statutory interpretation seems to be driven in reality by a change in policy preferences by the new administration.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Fed officials also could note the challenges the face with the lack of official economic data during the government shutdown, and may tinker with wording in the post-meeting statement on economic conditions.
—Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The group is asking the court to require a rewrite of the ballot language and the wording displayed at polling sites.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
Other than a change in administration, though, there's really nothing that has changed in the statute's wording, so this change in statutory interpretation seems to be driven in reality by a change in policy preferences by the new administration.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Fed officials also could note the challenges the face with the lack of official economic data during the government shutdown, and may tinker with wording in the post-meeting statement on economic conditions.
—Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Wording.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wording. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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wording
noun
word·ing
ˈwərd-iŋ 
: the way in which something is put into words
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