1
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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2
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
The concepts and verbiage were completely different from what Kansas City had used only a few years before, Childress said.
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Andrew Greif, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
The fire department asked for additional information from BP and were told that a notice would be put out as soon as the legal team reviewed the notification’s verbiage.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
In Your Resume Align verbiage in your resume with keywords in the job description.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
That change in verbiage could go a long way to helping voters focus.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Greif, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
The fire department asked for additional information from BP and were told that a notice would be put out as soon as the legal team reviewed the notification’s verbiage.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
In Your Resume Align verbiage in your resume with keywords in the job description.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
That change in verbiage could go a long way to helping voters focus.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbiage
Noun
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One was a perfectionist who gave performances of stunning power that sometimes became smoothed out and even bland through repetition; the other was full of surprises—always discovering things, a sensibility always in the making.—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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Goode almost always worked in a series — for instance, making multiple sculptures of staircases whose orderly repetition of rectilinear treads and risers put a domestic tongue firmly in the industrial cheek of Minimalist art’s crisp geometry.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Musk has faced criticism for his aggressive rhetoric toward international actors and interference with politics both home and abroad, culminating in his failure to secure a Republican victory at the Wisconsin Supreme Court election on April 1.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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Erdogan recently fired up his rhetoric in this regard, by publicly calling for destruction of the ‘Zionist Israeli state’.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Advanced tools like optical character recognition (OCR) and natural language processing (NLP) extract key data— for example, sender details, dates, and document types — instantly. 2.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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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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Scheer was smart to whittle down the novel’s winding sentences into short, sharp exclamations and curt instructions — and also to be faithful to Melville’s rendition of the captain’s irritable diction.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Viral TikTok shows the iPhone diction feature bug While Trump and the White House have been mum about the reported glitch, far-right commentators, including Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, have not.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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Even small wording changes without proper citation are still considered plagiarism.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Thomas' school of thought suggests that readers should look only at the wording of the Constitution, which placed no impediments on the rights of U.S. citizens to own a gun.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Still, the challenge lies in managing the explosive verbosity that modern tools enable effortlessly.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Crisp articulation of ideas trumps verbosity, fostering a culture that treasures originality and respect for the reader’s time.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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As astute observers have noted, that formulation suggests Team Trump is comfortable letting Iran retain a measure of its nuclear potential, and might even consider removing sanctions without a comprehensive dismantling of its atomic effort.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Thanks to jojoba oil and a blend of fruit extracts, the formulation is nourishing, easily blendable, and streak-resistant.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Verbiage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbiage. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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