rhetoric
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The coroner said the inquest aimed to give the Pearson family a voice, but added that their concerns "coalesce into two words of rhetoric – 'What if?'"
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
It explores online rhetoric and how it’s being absorbed, particularly by the younger generation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Other highly exposed majors included management information systems and majors related to rhetoric, composition and writing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
The First Amendment prevents government censorship, but one reason there are social penalties, including criticism, shunning and firing for hateful rhetoric, is that it is not, in fact, harmless.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
His most sustained attack on rhetoric comes in his dialogue Gorgias, where he imagines Socrates giving the eponymous rhetorician the third degree.*
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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