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verbiage

[vur-bee-ij] / ˈvɜr bi ɪdʒ /


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Justices Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan, the two who opted out of the main opinion, say in a concurrence that they’d prefer a narrow ruling for Mr. Hemani with less verbiage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

There was no verbiage about how the world’s most powerful hardware company would “introduce our audience to the next generation of agentic sports-watching, bringing fans closer to the action than ever before.”

From Slate Jun. 10, 2026

It’s one of those things where the verbiage that everyone uses is “attached.”

From Salon Oct. 17, 2025

On game day, Verse encouraged and welcomed the colorful verbiage that came his way, and he recorded two of the Rams’ seven sacks in a 28-22 defeat.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2025

That tedious paragraph was filled with metadiscourse—verbiage about verbiage, such as subsection, review, and discussion.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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