phraseology

Example Sentences

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To use his own phraseology: “Would it were so.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

He also cautioned that he was unsure of the government's definition of a working person, adding: "We’ve got to find a different phraseology".

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

What if the different “officer” phraseology in the Constitution had different meanings?’”

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

“As Michelle points out, she’s 86, you know, and sometimes trying to get the right phraseology when we’re talking about issues, Michelle is like, ‘That’s like her trying to learn Spanish,’” he said.

From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2022

Adopting the phraseology of the neighborhood, he referred to his Brooklyn internship as going through Purgatory, when he wrote to his socially prominent fiancée in Boston.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith