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[frayz] / freɪz /




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And that phrase — “at a minimum, nearly a quarter” — needs to be understood.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Ben Wood, from tech research firm CCS Insight, remembers first reading the phrase "pervert glasses" in the usually strait-laced Financial Times - a sign, he says, that it had prompted a "significant public backlash".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

This was an evocative turn of phrase from former L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

But Harbaugh—who loves to parrot the phrase “Who’s got it better than us? Nobody!”—is known for his optimistic streak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Tears stream down my face as I sink into the maroon beanbag chair, and I repeat that phrase to myself.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

A looming ice shelf in the background is surrounded by phrases including, “A Man. A Plan. A Meltdown,” and “Comedy equals tragedy plus time.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Soon after TechCrunch reported on the concerns, Instinct updated its terms-of-service agreement to remove several of the phrases that raised eyebrows.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Some words or phrases show up regularly, while monotonous sentence structures are also a warning sign.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

In 2022, the Royal College of Midwives produced guidance offering alternative phrases.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The crew immediately yelled several colorful phrases as they tried to prevent the PVC from messing up the newly poured concrete.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

"We told you: keep your word or pay the price," is how Iran's lead negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf recently phrased it on social media, quoting the agreement.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

He stumbled into his fate by saying demeaning, insulting things that could have been phrased diplomatically.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

It’s also important to know how a poll question is phrased and, in the case of a ballot measure, how it describes the matter voters are being asked to decide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

As I phrased it back when I first wrote about the dish, “The cheeses meld together to form the most delicious, frico-laced roasted and blistered fennel imaginable.”

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025

I even wondered how it was phrased to him.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Government lawyers argued at a hearing before Cooper on Thursday that the phrasing would not constitute a renaming but rather recognition of Trump's efforts to renovate the building honoring president John F Kennedy.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

At the end of the show, a stunning reading of “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” revealed the instinctive ease with which she can navigate the sweet, syncopated phrasing of Dominican merengue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

A UK government spokesperson said: "We have previously acknowledged this phrasing and took immediate steps to ensure it was not replicated."

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department released the handwritten notes Friday, saying investigators believe the author’s distinctive language, grammar and phrasing could be recognized by someone who knows the writer.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

At some point, Dr. Singh had told Mom not to ask if I was feeling anxious, so she’d stopped phrasing it as a direct question.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green




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