verbalisms

plural of verbalism
as in voices
an act, process, or means of putting something into words the meticulous verbalism of the senator's prepared statement suggests that she knew that it would spark controversy

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Noun
  • Well, very few female voices are heard in the Bible, particularly in the New Testament.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Several House Republicans called on Johnson to bring the House back to vote on a stand-alone bill to fund the military, though those voices grew quiet after the White House found a back channel to pay the troops during the shutdown.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some formulations won't leave a residue behind.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The barrage of media coverage highlights their weight-loss functions, but formulations of these drugs were originally developed to help people with diabetes control their blood sugar.
    Liz Szabo, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Gestures, colloquialisms, facial expressions, local cuisine, and the like are not incidental to a tongue but constitute it; sometimes, to capture a word or phrase, in writing or in an algorithm, is to stamp out its meaning.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Faced with increasingly violent expressions of social and economic tensions at home and accumulating threats abroad, the Duke vowed to step in should his countrymen demand it.
    John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nimrodi, a soldier who was 18 at the time of his death, was reportedly killed by Israeli airstrikes while in Gaza, according to statements by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
  • For her trip to Northern Ireland, Middleton had a clear vision for her sartorial statements.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Verbalisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbalisms. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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