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However, it is “directionally correct,” according to a management-consultant phrase used by Trump’s allies after being popularized, apparently, by a former McKinsey consultant.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
Pursue a “California First” agenda, to borrow a phrase.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Meanwhile, Kirby keeps pressing executives to improve the experience of flying United, repeating one phrase that has become a mantra: “Your job is wow.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
Brutally bad results are – in a phrase used by several MPs – "priced in".
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
At 11:00 at night on her ninety-first birthday—April 15, 1983—Corrie, in the phrase she had always used, “went home” at last.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing phrase
PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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