phrase

Example Sentences

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In discussing the 14th Amendment, Mr. Barnett fairly shows that the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” isn’t empty surplusage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In the legal battle now before the court, the key disputed phrase is “subject to the jurisdiction.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The phrase echoed the one I had spoken years earlier to a babbling toddler in a Baltimore church.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

"It's like folklore in our family, we know every single phrase of that story," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

This phrase would typically be spoken when someone has said something obvious.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly