framing

fram·ing | \ ˈfrā-miŋ

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Definition of framing

: frame, framework

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the framing of the debate will consist of a predetermined order of turns and follow-up comments

Recent Examples on the Web Rather than enter a home, the inspector waits outside as the contractor goes around inside holding up a phone and showing off the work — wiring, plumbing, framing, HVAC, etc. — John Kelly, Washington Post, "When red tape threatened a pool for a special girl, the permit police helped out," 30 June 2020 Vice Chancellor Mogulof responded to Re via email and declined to apologize for the framing of the school’s official response. — Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, "UC Berkeley laments toll George Floyd's death has taken on students after murder of 19-year-old white student," 26 June 2020 Gender has become a culture war, while divorce has not—and without that divisive framing, a significant change to the law garnered little notice. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, "The Conservative Case for Liberalizing Divorce," 26 June 2020 In art, context provides the philosophical framing elements for determining the meaning of an artwork. — Nickole Kerner Bobley, Houston Chronicle, "Artfeel: Woodlands photographer finds new meaning in past work," 19 June 2020 But that framing can be misleading, Dunsworth counters. — Quanta Magazine, "Males Are the Taller Sex. Estrogen, Not Fights for Mates, May Be Why.," 8 June 2020 In important ways, anti-communism was simply a new framing for the insecurities that elites far from the centers of geopolitical power had long felt. — Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, "Where America Developed a Taste for State Violence," 5 June 2020 Politics, being about perception and framing, comes with a builtin flexibility that’s visible by toggling between Fox and MSNBC. — Karl Vick, Time, "“I’m a Contrarian.” Chris Wallace on His Role at Fox News and His First Book," 4 June 2020 The framing of the shots, the dialogue, and even the plots are incidental; these are retreads of the classic Greek plays, archetypes lumbering around onscreen alongside modern clichés. — Sarah Manguso, The New York Review of Books, "My Quarantine: Cozy Mysteries," 31 May 2020

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“Framing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/framing. Accessed 10 Jul. 2020.

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