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Jews may be known as “the people of the book” for religious reasons, but the phrase also captures a strong literary tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

That phrase — “a sense of ownership” — seems almost paradoxical for an institution whose entire premise is that you do not need to own the things you want to use.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

“Declare victory and come home,” as the phrase has it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Phair’s son, who is Gen Z, often says the phrase “it’s time to get the bag.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

A melodic phrase is a group of notes that make sense together and express a definite melodic "idea," but it takes more than one phrase to make a complete melody.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

He suggests phrases such as "I can see you're worried" to make a child feel listened to.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

The use of Q phrases by government agencies during wartime has excited online conspiracy theorists.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

To refine its packaging copy, Conagra is running word-association studies to test phrases like “good source of fiber” and “high in protein”—seeking claims that grab attention without sounding too clinical.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

For starters, “Victory” is his daughter’s name, but both phrases are also a direct nod to the late Nipsey Hussle, who had the same words etched on his face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

That was when I realized I had to write down the memories and myths and the legends—and even the phrases and jokes.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Other countries have phrased it well: truth and reconciliation.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Pochin has apologised for her remarks, saying they were "phrased poorly" but maintained that many adverts were "unrepresentative of British society".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025

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

These were carefully phrased to suggest, without saying so outright, that he and Edlefsen had achieved the resonance they had been seeking.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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 sermon used to take him 10 to 15 hours to prepare; a chatbot doing first-pass research and phrasing shaves off several of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

The actual phrasing he used was far ruder than that – but you get the drift.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

What kind of emotion do you hear in the melody, rhythm and phrasing?

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin