as in rhetoric
full of fine words and fancy expressions
high-sounding speeches full of promises that the candidates would never keep
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rhetorical
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Trump’s rhetorical bombing raids against Fed Chair Jerome Powell could backfire spectacularly on Asia.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025 -
There are two different models for dealing with this reality, approaches that can broadly be described as strategic and rhetorical.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
25 June 2025
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“High-sounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-sounding. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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