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Use concise military verbiage- G.S.Patton. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This kind of verbiage is beloved of talking heads, who use it to lead in to their point. From Wordnik.com. [February « 2009 « Sentence first] Reference
No verbiage can give it, because the verbiage is other. From Wordnik.com. [The Nitrous Oxide Philosopher] Reference
The common verbiage is signed and sworn to before me this ... dayof. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Jurat] Reference
Their verbiage is scant. jagged rocks rise everywhere to their surface. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Firebird by Janice Graham] Reference
We get that you are an HRC supporter, but your verbiage is telling on you today. From Wordnik.com. [Moveon.org ad tries to show Obama can win the GOP vote] Reference
The press release is very much different in verbiage, but with similar concepts. From Wordnik.com. [Indelibly Green Danish Kitchen Designs Hit New York | Inhabitat] Reference
Garcia's prose shows the making of a stylist, someone whose verbiage is as entertaining as the story itself. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: The Repossession Mambo by Eric Garcia] Reference
In appropriate touching, staring, and verbiage is also upsetting, disconcerting, or distracting to many people as well. From Wordnik.com. [Do you think "Consent is Sexy"?] Reference
But what I do glean from your verbiage is the same warmed-over pabulum. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Now, the verbiage might be a bit old-fashioned, but this is a true friend. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » Blog Archive » Vrai et faux amis, or, the debate I would have had with Edith Wharton had she blogged] Reference
June 11th, 2006 at 9:26 pm you know the verbiage is a little, a little stressful. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Late Night FDL: MataTron Goes Long] Reference
Also, my verbiage is a lot more precise than all the computer models in the world!. From Wordnik.com. [Deltoid] Reference
In the beginning days of Faith and my sharing her verbiage was a jumbled mess of what appeared to be almost unintelligible rhetoric. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Activity] Reference
The attitude which permits of such an accusation is hardly courteous, but, stripped of its verbiage, that is the accusation as it is made. From Wordnik.com. [Science and Morals and Other Essays] Reference
I never realized "verbiage" had a negative connotation. From Wordnik.com. [SF Tidbits for 12/24/09] Reference
And that kind of verbiage, as you know, the PR person comes out of the wood work and "spins.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2007] Reference
Ok. One guy didn't get it and was a little bit of a failed show-off in the "verbiage" department. From Wordnik.com. [First Negative Dark Knight Review - And Why It's Bullsh*t « FirstShowing.net] Reference
This is the kind of verbiage I would leap on as peculiar, and my dearly beloved would then ponder my own peculiarity. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Empire - A Dress A Day] Reference
A musician has been known to call a libretto the "verbiage" of his opera. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character] Reference
"Ultimately, while that kind of verbiage is frustrating, I don't hold grudges.". From Wordnik.com. [coloradoan.com - Local News] Reference
I agree that it is "verbiage", but I don't think that word means what you think it means†¦. From Wordnik.com. [jillstanek.com] Reference
You see that kind of verbiage in NGO Mission Statements, but never before in a government disaster policy document. From Wordnik.com. [ZDNet Asia Latest Tech News] Reference
President Obama's use of Jimmy Carters thoughts move well beyond "verbiage," he is following the economic programs of Jimmy Carter also. From Wordnik.com. [YID With LID] Reference
Behind all this verbiage the merchant of the Rue du. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I was fascinated by his witty verbiage as early as elementary school. From Wordnik.com. [The Architect of Modern Conservatism] Reference
Commons, both sides, rather liked to hear him struggle with his verbiage. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
Unless an institution is willing to change that, the reports are just verbiage. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Slayton: HIGHER EDUCATION] Reference
The Penguin can dish out gallons of verbiage without ever actually saying anything. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12 : Mothra, the Penguin, and the Succubus.] Reference
Nowhere in all the verbiage does it say how big they have to be to be counted as people. From Wordnik.com. [Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas] Reference
The gulf between the pious verbiage of our leaders and their ruthless actions is frightening. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: An Unequal War] Reference
Since the added verbiage confused recipients, spammers began sending it as invisible (white on white) text. From Wordnik.com. [Escalating Spam Wars Take Their Toll] Reference
But they don't enhance his authenticity -- the hard choices are too often buried under a mountain of verbiage. From Wordnik.com. [Searching For Authenticity] Reference
He told me that he was working on curtailing the excess verbiage and would try his best to reign it in before he announced a 2008 campaign. From Wordnik.com. [At War With His Mouth] Reference
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