couched
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These orders are typically couched in procedural language that indicates they are merely temporary measures and don’t resolve core legal questions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
The BBC has argued the words were couched as allegations – Mr Adams' side has claimed allegations were presented as fact.
From BBC • May 26, 2025
But those pleadings, often couched in apocalyptic tones, have fallen flat.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2025
The resulting document, released late last year, is something of a paradox—a list of ostensible directives that are couched in voluntary language, with nobody empowered to enforce them.
From Slate • Dec. 5, 2024
He made allowances for that, and couched his questions cleverly Innocuously.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
