: the act or manner of expressing in words : phraseology
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Anthropic’s chatbot, Claude, got the title and authors of one paper cited in the expert’s statement wrong, and injected wording errors elsewhere.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
After the wording was simplified, the attorney general's office signed off on the League of Women Voters' ballot language for its amendment.
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Many Islamists—including those in the new government—see that wording as a tacit exclusion of the Alawite, Druze, and Ismaili faiths.
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The wording of that post, which went on to suggest the dire consequences of cuts, was debated intensely beforehand by advisers, according to a person who was involved.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
After the wording was simplified, the attorney general's office signed off on the League of Women Voters' ballot language for its amendment.
—Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
Many Islamists—including those in the new government—see that wording as a tacit exclusion of the Alawite, Druze, and Ismaili faiths.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
The wording of that post, which went on to suggest the dire consequences of cuts, was debated intensely beforehand by advisers, according to a person who was involved.
—Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Wording.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wording. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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wording
noun
word·ing
ˈwərd-iŋ 
: the way in which something is put into words
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