phrases 1 of 2

plural of phrase

phrases

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of phrase

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of phrases
Noun
Heck, even one of his catch-all phrases connects the points. Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025 Also, there is a cue card with some sort of possible Latin phrases that Lithgow's Dumbledore may be speaking. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 So Schwarber stood there, all right, uttering phrases no player on any team ever wants to utter during this time of year. Jayson Stark, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 The ancient Greeks and Romans would either chisel or write phrases and symbols on projectiles like arrows or cast their own for slingshots, Hlebinsky said, adding the practice dates back as early as 400 BCE. Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025 Be prepared with some French phrases, which go a long way in communicating with locals, many of whom only speak French. Essence, 3 Oct. 2025 Here are six phrases the healthiest couples never say when talking about their exes. Dr. Tracy Dalgleish, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025 Dora’s Rainforest Casita brings treehouse adventures to life while introducing kids to both English and Spanish phrases. Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025 The email obtained by NPR instructs employees working on energy efficiency and renewable energy projects to avoid using about a dozen words and phrases, many of which are central to their work. Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
To this day, people come up to him and quote phrases his character used to utter. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025 In essence, the Iowa and West Virginia sports cases ask the court to rule whether a transgender girl – a person assigned male at birth who has transitioned to align with their identity as a girl or woman, as the AP Stylebook phrases it – is a girl or a boy. Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025 Extract phrases from calls, build frameworks from notes, convert DMs to posts. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phrases
Noun
  • Music unites the interconnecting stories in this saga and expands its passions, with a sumptuous score by composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens that taps into a wide range of American styles, idioms and amalgams, even as the second act turns more dissonant.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The history of labor struggle, infused with religious idioms, is a source of identity and values evident in everything from union meetings in churches to prayers on picket lines.
    The Conversation, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some of her products sold out within hours, even when Markle says her team assumed inventory would last weeks.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Early Saturday, Ann Davis, 55, of Maynard was killed in a crash in rural Randolph County, a report from state police says.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Deol also expresses nostalgia for earlier eras of filmmaking.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Offit also expresses concern that the national case numbers confirmed by the CDC are an undercount.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 14 Oct. 2025

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