How to Use wording in a Sentence

wording

noun
  • What's the exact wording of the agreement?
  • The wording of the agreement states the board is bound to comply with the terms.
    Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • All the wording is the same, except the poster changes the name of the city involved – in this case, Huntsville.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The vague wording leaves room for activism on the other side.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 June 2022
  • At issue is the wording of where the tax revenue would end up.
    Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
  • And that loose kind of wording has given us a hell of a lot of freedom.
    Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The framework and wording of a new Pac-12 media rights deal isn’t known.
    Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • For more on that wording, check out our Tuesday episode of The Excerpt.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
  • Both warned that the law’s vague wording might lead to more fatal shootings.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • The wording appears to have been stamped on after the Bible was produced.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The wording suggested to us that while the Roku Plus models will, the Roku Select ones may not.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Small changes in my wording led to big changes in responses.
    Christopher Washington, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • They were found to be made up and had fake judicial wording.
    Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 29 May 2023
  • Dates, times, and exact wording of things that are said to you, and actions that have been taken.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Many also took issue with the vague wording of the measure and its newness.
    NBC News, 2 Nov. 2021
  • And so those could change, wording can change, all of those things could change before the court issues an opinion.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 May 2022
  • The center, in essence, handed Click the wording for the legislation.
    Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Entries may be — and often are — edited for space, taste and just better wording of the joke.
    Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021
  • That revealed wording that honored Davis as well as the course itself.
    Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2023
  • Finn’s wording is the same as that in the earlier AP article.
    Washington Post, 3 May 2022
  • The bill’s vague wording gave critics from all corners room to stretch it to fit their purposes.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • That year, the summit culminated in the final wording of what would come to be known as the Paris Agreement of 2015.
    Sofia Lotto Persio, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Commenters on the video found her wording flub (and confidence) adorable.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • To employees at the prison, though, the opaque wording concealed nothing.
    Christian Boone, ajc, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Those three things, except for one slightly-off wording, are true.
    Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The wording in the plan comes as China faces rapidly declining births.
    Liyan Qi, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
  • On an Android phone: Tap and hold on an icon, then drag it away to the Uninstall or Remove wording, usually at the top of the screen.
    Simon Hill, Wired, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Doctors and lawyers have no idea how to interpret that wording.
    Olivia Goldhill, STAT, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The exact question wording of a poll can be very important.
    Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Perhaps the wording by the AI of my being overly busy might cause this coworker to decide not to approach me.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024

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