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phrase

verb as in express in words carefully

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He later said on X that this had been a "poorly-worded phrase" and "we will remain firm in confronting drug trafficking and organized crime."

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Then Carlson’s phrasing turned definitive as he admitted that Fuentes has successfully wrangled ideological control of the modern conservative movement: “You won.”

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"A lot of this conversation feels very different to people because the phrase AI is in it,"said Ms Gimbel, of the Budget Lab.

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Now he faces the merely gargantuan task of propelling his country out of “100 years of decadence,” to quote his own phrase.

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Two pianists weave together brief musical statements—crawling, low-end figures; chiming high notes; staggered phrases; wisps of possible melodies.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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