How to Use wording in a Sentence

wording

noun
  • What's the exact wording of the agreement?
  • All the wording is the same, except the poster changes the name of the city involved – in this case, Huntsville.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The vague wording leaves room for activism on the other side.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 June 2022
  • The framework and wording of a new Pac-12 media rights deal isn’t known.
    Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Both warned that the law’s vague wording might lead to more fatal shootings.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • The wording suggested to us that while the Roku Plus models will, the Roku Select ones may not.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Small changes in my wording led to big changes in responses.
    Christopher Washington, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • They were found to be made up and had fake judicial wording.
    Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 29 May 2023
  • Dates, times, and exact wording of things that are said to you, and actions that have been taken.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 3 Jan. 2024
  • And so those could change, wording can change, all of those things could change before the court issues an opinion.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 May 2022
  • The center, in essence, handed Click the wording for the legislation.
    Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2022
  • That revealed wording that honored Davis as well as the course itself.
    Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2023
  • The bill’s vague wording gave critics from all corners room to stretch it to fit their purposes.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Those three things, except for one slightly-off wording, are true.
    Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Doctors and lawyers have no idea how to interpret that wording.
    Olivia Goldhill, STAT, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The other was signed in November 2018 and does not contain this wording.
    Denise Royal, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Some senators expressed concerns about the wording of the bill.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • With short brush strokes, Brown works the wax side to side, up and down and in between the intricate wording and ornate details on the marker.
    Mykal McEldowney, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2022
  • As always, the devil is in the details of survey question wording.
    WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022
  • At no point in the scene is the Satan wording portrayed as intentional.
    Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2022
  • That point in time, the group said, is the relevant limitation under the law's wording.
    James Pollard The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2024
  • There's also some wording about not driving around with your dog on the roof or standing on the hood of your car, no matter how rad your dog is.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The move was repeated by Astin, who wore a baseball cap featuring the same wording.
    Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Another expert agreed and said wording of the laws would scare physicians.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 20 July 2023
  • About an hour later, the 25-year-old Jeff Long—who had won in a nearby district—tweeted the same claim, with almost the exact same wording.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The person did not provide the specific wording of the letter, which was signed by Bobb, as first reported by the New York Times.
    Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • An amendment suddenly got tacked onto the House version of the bill, although the new wording had nothing to do with dairy.
    Andy Miller, ajc, 6 May 2022
  • In addition to the strange wording, there's odd punctuation and a mixture of fonts.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 3 July 2023
  • Anxious second- and third-guessing of text wording and response times has become a routine part of teen courtship, too.
    Time, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The wording of the treaty creates a unique and artfully crafted holding pattern.
    Elizabeth Buchanan, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2024

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