: 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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The ballot wording Measure A will add five-eighths of a cent for five years to each dollar of taxable goods, pushing the total rate to 10% or more in most of Santa Clara County.
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Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
The governor appoints the state board, which approves the wording of state education policies.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Fonts, wording, and layout all looked familiar.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
This often means there will be plenty of ugly aerodynamic parts that conform to the regulation wording, but utterly obliterate the spirit behind those new rules.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
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Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
The governor appoints the state board, which approves the wording of state education policies.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Fonts, wording, and layout all looked familiar.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
This often means there will be plenty of ugly aerodynamic parts that conform to the regulation wording, but utterly obliterate the spirit behind those new rules.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Wording.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wording. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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wording
noun
word·ing
ˈwərd-iŋ 
: the way in which something is put into words
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