phrasal
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But what about phrasal gaffes that make just as much, if not more, sense than their correct counterparts?
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2022
Repetition has an indelible place in Black expressive culture: in the syncopated rhythms of jazz, the phrasal repetitions of the blues and the guttural moans of soul made meaningful by dint of remarkable vocal performances.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
The phrasal verb steadily shines as a dismissal, a damnation, and a barked call to attention—an essential caustic shade in the brilliant blue streaks of the dialogue.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 14, 2019
If anything, its fractured lines and phrasal salad are a sign that something’s suspiciously wrong and the message should be discarded.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 19, 2013
But these patterns alone are by no means sufficient to explain or register all the phrasal movements of English prose—as a single sentence will show.
From The Principles of English Versification by Paull Franklin Baum
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