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legalese

noun

as in bureaucratese

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Recent Examples on the Web Over the course of 88 pages of surprisingly readable legalese, the US Department of Justice attempted to make the case that Apple is a problem. —

David Pierce, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024 Then in comes Hamill's Mr. Pym, the family's undefeated lawyer, to shut them all up with legalese. —

Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2023 When Boeing faced similarly protracted regulatory reviews before, some of Calhoun’s predecessors of were ill-advised to hide behind exceedingly vague, impersonal legalese in deference to regulators and investigators–which did not end well. —

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024 The court fight was initially shrouded by corporate legalese and filings unavailable the public’s view. —

Jonathan Mattise, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for legalese

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