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as in manner
a distinctive way of putting ideas into words I recognized the writer's distinctive phraseology even before I saw the name

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as in diction
the way in which something is put into words the unique phraseology of the suspect's answer stuck in my mind

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Recent Examples on the Web If a creator doesn’t respond, or doesn’t respond fast enough, he or she is labeled a gatekeeper (for those not fluent in TikTok phraseology, this is not a compliment). Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2023 To commission a gravestone in proper Roman style, with good syntax and phraseology, was proof that her family had ‘made it’ in Londinium. Rachel Ashcroft, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2022 This happens when speakers use local phraseology and native jokes. Roman Kumar Vyas, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Despite that bobble, Maxwell’s intent with this delicate phraseology is clear: Post-conviction, Ghislaine Maxwell is now in the process of presenting herself as yet another victim of Jeffrey Epstein. Guy Martin, Forbes, 30 June 2022 See all Example Sentences for phraseology 

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“Phraseology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phraseology. Accessed 10 Sep. 2024.

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