in a word
Example Sentences
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Asked to sum up what it felt like to win in a word, Gringe said: "I can't think of one."
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
The results were, in a word, startling: 1 in 7 of the children in the no-peanuts group developed an allergy by age 5, compared to just 1 in 50 in the peanut group.
From Slate • Dec. 3, 2025
He always appreciates when golfers offer to put in a word for him, though he worries such referrals don’t always break through the labyrinth of automation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
Wambaugh’s characters were morally flexible, heroic, repugnant, compassionate, callous, deeply flawed, darkly comical — in a word, real.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025
“You stick with him the rest of the day, and he’ll put in a word for you.”
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
