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as in repetition
the use of too many words to express an idea
teachers loathe the verbiage that students resort to in order to pad a paper
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as in rhetoric
language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere
the pretentious verbiage that one finds in the reviews of self-important art critics
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as in language
the way in which something is put into words
as per the standard verbiage of military reports, the assault was launched at "0700 hours"
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Recent Examples of verbiage
To say nothing of Payton’s offensive verbiage, the route concepts, the adjusting on the fly and the speed of NFL defenders once the ball is snapped.
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Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2024
As mentioned before, the paper does not include any verbiage about attempting to crack AES encryption.
—Joe Salas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2024
Analytical people may prefer more academic, formal verbiage.
—Neven Dilkov, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Company mission statements and pronouncements of purpose in gilded frames and glossy websites mean little if company actions fail to match lofty verbiage when put to the test.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2024
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Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2024
As mentioned before, the paper does not include any verbiage about attempting to crack AES encryption.
—Joe Salas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2024
Analytical people may prefer more academic, formal verbiage.
—Neven Dilkov, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Company mission statements and pronouncements of purpose in gilded frames and glossy websites mean little if company actions fail to match lofty verbiage when put to the test.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbiage
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Convention is a powerful force, honored in history, enshrined in law, reinforced by repetition, and subject to change only through constant, unstoppable pressure.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
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The numbing, rinse-repeat repetition is still a grind.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
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Yet Biden administration officials have not espoused the same explicitly anti-media rhetoric as Trump and his top allies have for years.Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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His harsh stance on immigration and refugees echoes the same xenophobic rhetoric that has fueled fear and division across the globe.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Onto the page spilled more than ten thousand lines of the richest and most resourceful blank verse in the English language, arranged into ten books in 1667, then rearranged into twelve in 1674.Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Use neutral, factual language to ensure the message remains honest and unbiased.Tina Gada, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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On their website, the three yellow stripes are prominently featured on the website under the Black Lives Matter wordage, and used on their social media accounts.Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
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Reached by the Union-Tribune Wednesday morning, Lindsey differed with McGillis’ wordage.Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
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Tank’s voice is filled with the conviction of a priest, the tongue-in-cheek diction sourced from intracommunal conversations and the endless hope and indecipherable exhaustion of generations of Black women.Michael Saponara, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2024
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This is a sad book that rewards the reader with laughter, all propelled by clever flourishes: PJ’s video game diction, or Imelda’s breathless, punctuation-free prose that drops you immediately into the hypervigilance and self-awareness that plagues her every thought.Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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Economists said the wording meant monetary policy, which involves influencing interest rates, was being relaxed for the first time since 2010.Juliana Liu, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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For others, however, these statements provoked further questions: was the ambiguity of wording in the regulations strategic and designed to allow authorities to ban the paquete in the future?Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made by History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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When that’s chucked in a blender with his own penchant for spiky-savvy verbosity, the results fizz and pop.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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But many French are deeply sick of hearing his volcanic verbosity.Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
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The company says this formulation's carbon footprint its 82% lower than that of mineral oil.New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2024
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Mango butter, which is lighter-weight, has a smooth texture that blends well in skin-care formulations.Victoria Moorhouse, Allure, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Verbiage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbiage. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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