- present participle of word.
wording
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Opponents say the proposition’s vague wording could result in vital services being excluded from the list of program expenses permitted in the 90% of revenues, prompting clinics to cut programs to avoid financial penalties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The wording of the request can make it sound less transactional if it is focused on the couple’s future together, Meier said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Anindya uses several chatbots to find information -- and to help her use effective wording when applying for jobs.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
He says this would look at making future alert wording more specific, such as explaining the threat to life with a link to a webpage.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Johnson had told almost no one what he’d decided, and his advisor was eager to get the wording just right.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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That means avoiding “pointers,” wordings that could lead to multiple correct responses, and “traps,” such as referring to a creepy scientist from Gothic literature other than Victor Frankenstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
After Business Insider ran its first article, reporting that in four cases her dissertation lifted wordings from other academics without using quotation marks, Oxman apologized.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 8, 2024
It also released diplomas awarded to other students that bore similar font, seal, signatures and wordings as Mr Tinubu's diplomas.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2023
Munich Re was looking to bring in new wordings on its direct cyber insurance products, Reinhart said.
From Reuters ● Apr. 8, 2022
No less anxious was he to retain, as nearly as possible, the familiar words of the English Bible, in preference to introducing new wordings of well-known texts—e.g.,
From The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" by Frederick George Edwards