wordings

noun

plural of wording
1
as in dictions
the way in which something is put into words it's important to get the wording of this law precisely correct

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2
as in voices
an act, process, or means of putting something into words the wording of the pollster's questions seemed to reflect a built-in bias

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  1. dictions
  2. voices
  3. languages
  4. formulations
  5. phrasings
  6. expressions
  7. statements
Noun
  • The first three were post-dictions of inflation; the latter four were predictions that had not yet been observed when they were made.
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Definition of dictions
Noun
  • Gallery is an important place to celebrate voices that have historically been marginalized.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
  • This is where the tight soundstage starts to hold the buds back, as the many instruments and voices feel a little congested.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of voices
Noun
  • Local players globally are building AI-native products on local rails, in local languages, with local licenses and with local context, years before that attention arrives.
    — Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Lawmakers in New Zealand have passed a bill to make English one of the country’s official languages.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of languages
Noun
  • These medications come in many different formulations, including transdermal patches, pills, and vaginal creams and rings.
    — Mara Gordon, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Bhatty says that liquid formulations are the easiest to work with, but cream blush isn’t entirely out of the question.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of formulations
Noun
  • The way poetry defamiliarizes language and seeks unique phrasings seems to scramble this software’s ability to sort text.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Distinguished with trademark quivers and phrasings that underlined meaning and action, his voice and range revealed few signs of deterioration.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of phrasings
Noun
  • The 1984 Mortlach, one of the oldest Mortlach expressions ever bottled was among the stand out offerings in the 2025 Casks of Distinctions bottling.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • And Cooke, the season’s MVP of revealing expressions and reaction shots, conveys through Alicent’s uncertain and frightened face at all those butterflies a dawning realization of the betrayal she’s suffered.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of expressions
Noun
  • This assertion kicked off more than 20 minutes of contentious back-and-forth, in which Kennedy made a number of false and misleading statements about a range of topics including measles, autism and Lyme disease.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Zoll and Pohlad each followed suit with statements that basically made Buxton untouchable.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of statements
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