phrasing
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articulation, expression, formulation, statement, utterance, verbalism, voice, wording
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Related Gary Samore, who was a senior National Security Council aide under President Obama, said the phrasing implies that the diplomatic process wouldn’t immediately collapse if North Korea doesn’t obtain sanctions relief. — Andrew Jeong, WSJ, "Kim Jong Un Extends Peace Overture to U.S.," 1 Jan. 2019 Which is interesting phrasing, considering the number of DHA hackers who say FBI agents have quietly approached them to either help with an investigation or to build a case on someone else. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "Want to Be A Hacker? Go to Dallas.," 4 Dec. 2018 And the broad, ambiguous phrasing would seem to be potentially applicable to pretty much any person or entity who is against birth control on any grounds. — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "Birth Control Helped Us Reach Historically Low Abortion Rates, But the Trump Administration Could Change That," 30 Nov. 2018 In what was her Monterey debut, Jones left behind the glancing phrasing and wistful mood of her former self. — Paul De Barros, The Seattle Times, "From Norah Jones to Dawn Clement, women shone at Monterey Jazz Festival 2018," 24 Sep. 2018 The survey itself contained certain biases in the phrasing of the questions that may have skewed the answers in a particular way. — Tanay Warerkar, Curbed, "Yale School of Architecture exhibition questions gender disparity in the industry," 18 Oct. 2018 Then the device would be able to respond using a library of past commands to match a specific user’s content preferences, requests, and phrasings to make Siri more accurate. — Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge, "New Apple patent hints that Siri could offer multiuser support," 14 Aug. 2018 Titillating terminology and racy phrasing contribute to the appeal. — Claire Beaudreault, SELF, "As a Woman in Recovery, the Term ‘Beauty Junkie’ Bothers Me," 30 July 2018 The phrasing seems to rule out cutting and burning weapons like lasers, particularly as the image tweeted by Tim Robinson shows the nose of the aircraft emitting electromagnetic radiation waves instead of a beam. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "U.K. Introduces New Fighter Jet: The Tempest," 16 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'phrasing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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