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jawbone
verb as in coax
verb as in rebuke
verb as in reproach
Example Sentences
True, the Fed can influence the yield on that longer-dated paper through its current short-term rate policy, economic projections and jawboning.
"The president's jawboning of the Fed to lower rates I think has had zero impact whatsoever."
The tooth, from a cow's jawbone found beside the ancient monument's south entrance in 1924, was analysed by scientists from the British Geological Society, Cardiff University and University College London.
The jawbone of the ancient reptile was unearthed in Arizona back in 2011, but modern scanning techniques have now revealed details showing that it belongs to a species new to science.
Could American CEOs have headed off the tariffs chaos either by a more focused publicity campaign or more jawboning with Trump?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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