as in idioms
a sequence of words having a specific meaning
kids drawing literal representations of the phrase "to rain cats and dogs"
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as in words
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
he had trouble thinking of how to phrase his question for the visiting dignitary
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Recent Examples of phrases
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
2 July 2026
The debate playing out in Kausen’s kitchen is repeated in homes across California and the country, where varying phrases on food packaging have long left shoppers unsure whether food is simply past its peak quality or unsafe to eat.
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Olga R. Rodriguez,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
The singer has among the most extensive trademark portfolios in the entertainment industry, with more than 170 active or pending registrations spanning names, phrases and commercial designations.
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Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2026
The debate playing out in Kausen’s kitchen is repeated in homes across California and the country, where varying phrases on food packaging have long left shoppers unsure whether food is simply past its peak quality or unsafe to eat.
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ABC News,
1 July 2026
The article identifies five common phrases leaders use that inadvertently damage morale.
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Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
His Raising Cane’s work, titled Cane’s Anthem, continues the Pop-lite aesthetic, utilizing phrases and images that appear to be culled from the mass media.
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Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
30 June 2026
To remove the ambiguity and resulting food waste, Assembly Bill 660 was signed into law and goes into effect July 1, which ultimately will reduce the phrases allowed on packages to just two.
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Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Crypto Clipper monitors clipboard contents for patterns that are consistent with standardized 12- or 24-word seed phrases.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2026
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Because Survivor 42 followed the same format with all the exact same twists from Survivor 41—Prisoner's Dilemma, goofy phrases, Hourglass twist, Shot in the Dark, Do or Die—along with many of the same challenges, the entire season often felt like a rerun.
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Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
To this day, people come up to him and quote phrases his character used to utter.
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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.
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Morgan Marietta,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
Vermeule—a former clerk for Scalia—proposes that conservatives should read the Constitution’s ambiguous phrases and general structure in an openly moral way, drawing on principles grounded in the nature and purposes of government.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
2 July 2026
The debate playing out in Kausen’s kitchen is repeated in homes across California and the country, where varying phrases on food packaging have long left shoppers unsure whether food is simply past its peak quality or unsafe to eat.
—
Olga R. Rodriguez,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
The singer has among the most extensive trademark portfolios in the entertainment industry, with more than 170 active or pending registrations spanning names, phrases and commercial designations.
—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2026
The debate playing out in Kausen’s kitchen is repeated in homes across California and the country, where varying phrases on food packaging have long left shoppers unsure whether food is simply past its peak quality or unsafe to eat.
—
ABC News,
1 July 2026
The article identifies five common phrases leaders use that inadvertently damage morale.
—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
His Raising Cane’s work, titled Cane’s Anthem, continues the Pop-lite aesthetic, utilizing phrases and images that appear to be culled from the mass media.
—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
30 June 2026
To remove the ambiguity and resulting food waste, Assembly Bill 660 was signed into law and goes into effect July 1, which ultimately will reduce the phrases allowed on packages to just two.
—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Crypto Clipper monitors clipboard contents for patterns that are consistent with standardized 12- or 24-word seed phrases.
—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2026
Verb
Like many workplace phrases, its meaning depends on context, relationship and power.
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Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Because Survivor 42 followed the same format with all the exact same twists from Survivor 41—Prisoner's Dilemma, goofy phrases, Hourglass twist, Shot in the Dark, Do or Die—along with many of the same challenges, the entire season often felt like a rerun.
—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phrases
Noun
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On the one hand, the translation serves as a source for the idioms of nineteenth-century English; on the other, as evidence of the ideas that the translator held about a Colombian woman writer.
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Out of love for different sound systems, different writing systems, different grammars, different sets of concepts, different idioms, different ways of seeing the world.
Verb
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The Canadian report says only 28 human cases have been reported in Canada since 1924, while the CDC reports fewer than 10 people die from rabies each year in the United States.
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The two-story space features professional recording studios, podcast and video suites, co-working lounges and meeting spaces, which are slated to open by early next year once permits are approved, Ihm says.
Verb
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Someone expresses displeasure, raises their voice slightly or applies the soft pressure of sustained silence, and the original position softens, shifts or vanishes entirely.
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Written in a style disarming and gently subversive, Slaughterhouse-Five expresses outrage at war that even now remains in opposition to conventional wisdom.
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“Phrases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phrases. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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