locution

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So, what is the history of this strange locution?

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2023

Mark Keenum, Mississippi State University’s president, says that although additional revenue will be “available” — a curious locution — the motivation is more opportunity for participation by the student-athletes.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2022

And how about that use of "thumbing their noses"? With that aged locution, the good governor is, without doubt, speaking directly to his demographic.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

It was his background as an educator that he credited for his repetitive locution style - or, as waggish journalists dubbed it, his "single transferable speech".

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2020

In whom did, however, we have an involuntary retardation that makes the locution sound “clumsy.”

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward