framing

noun

fram·​ing ˈfrā-miŋ How to pronounce framing (audio)

Examples of framing in a Sentence

the framing of the debate will consist of a predetermined order of turns and follow-up comments
Recent Examples on the Web This framing sheds new and interesting light on a story more often told at a national or even continental scale. Richard Kreitner, Washington Post, 13 July 2024 Anyway… Wherever things end up, history won’t be kind to the people in power and the people reporting on them whose framing and omissions left us here. Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024 Some practitioners oppose this framing, and research published by the American Academy of Pediatrics has disproved it. Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024 By way of this elegant framing, Riegel sets Dandelion and Doherty’s Casey up as two sides of the same coin, a concept her script will pull into surprising directions throughout its somewhat meandering running time. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for framing 

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Word History

First Known Use

1703, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of framing was in 1703

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“Framing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/framing. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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