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: style of expression : phraseology
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: the act, method, or result of grouping notes into musical phrases
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Examples of phrasing in a Sentence
The phrasing of the instructions was confusing.
a singer known for her elegant phrasing
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In the best case, the assistant will respond to queries made in ordinary language, rather than requiring technical or formatted phrasing, and will help the user choose from the often dizzying array of elements available while giving adequate alerts about mathematically suspect modifications.
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Manil Suri, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
LLMs aren't trained for accuracy; they're simply trained on massive quantities of text and learn to produce human-sounding phrasing through that.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
Caudill started saying it as a joke, because the phrasing annoyed her to no end.
—Joan Niesen, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
But the context behind that particular phrasing is still unclear.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
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Manil Suri, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
LLMs aren't trained for accuracy; they're simply trained on massive quantities of text and learn to produce human-sounding phrasing through that.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
Caudill started saying it as a joke, because the phrasing annoyed her to no end.
—Joan Niesen, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
But the context behind that particular phrasing is still unclear.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Phrasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phrasing. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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