1
: style of expression : phraseology
2
: the act, method, or result of grouping notes into musical phrases
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The phrasing of the instructions was confusing.
a singer known for her elegant phrasing
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That phrasing raised two difficult questions, acknowledges Kasisomayajula Viswanath, a researcher at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health who chairs the committee: When is something a consensus?
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Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
But that phrasing leaves out a part of his comment that significantly changes what Hovde was saying.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
To help people come up with just the right phrasing, Spoonful of Comfort’s website includes plenty of potential messages to spark personalized notes.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
The phrasing of a land acknowledgment can sometimes put Indigenous people in the context of history, rather than in the present, said Michaela Madrid, the program director at Native Governance Center and a citizen of Lower Brule Sioux Tribe.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
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Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
But that phrasing leaves out a part of his comment that significantly changes what Hovde was saying.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
To help people come up with just the right phrasing, Spoonful of Comfort’s website includes plenty of potential messages to spark personalized notes.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
The phrasing of a land acknowledgment can sometimes put Indigenous people in the context of history, rather than in the present, said Michaela Madrid, the program director at Native Governance Center and a citizen of Lower Brule Sioux Tribe.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Phrasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phrasing. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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