rhetorical
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Oliver Stuenkel, a professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, downplayed the importance of ideology in regional relations as more "rhetorical than substantive."
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
These writers freely borrowed plots, characters and rhetorical devices in the service of their own work.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
CEO Ernie Herrman took a seemingly different rhetorical tack on his company’s earnings call Wednesday by uttering “self-inflicted” twice and invoking an “execution issue” five times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Raman effortlessly turned the mayor’s rhetorical traps around like Bugs Bunny twisting Elmer Fudd’s rifle right in his face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
A more democratic world—and one with the legal institutions that go hand in hand with democracy—is a more rhetorical one.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing rhetorical
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade 11)
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