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Examples of wordage in a Sentence
somewhere, lost within all that wordage, is a modestly worthwhile idea
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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.
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Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
Reached by the Union-Tribune Wednesday morning, Lindsey differed with McGillis’ wordage.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
The music, as Spiegelman notes, has to be tuned into, tracked among the acrobatics of wordage, the high-wire leaps of thought.
—Carol Muske-Dukes, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
The isle’s tourism website beckons travelers with picturesque wordage that can make one understand why Knowles misses his homeland.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
Messages varied in terms of wordage, but most signs offered support with unique personal twists.
—Briar Napier, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2020
Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
Reached by the Union-Tribune Wednesday morning, Lindsey differed with McGillis’ wordage.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
The music, as Spiegelman notes, has to be tuned into, tracked among the acrobatics of wordage, the high-wire leaps of thought.
—Carol Muske-Dukes, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
The isle’s tourism website beckons travelers with picturesque wordage that can make one understand why Knowles misses his homeland.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
Messages varied in terms of wordage, but most signs offered support with unique personal twists.
—Briar Napier, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2020
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First Known Use
1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Wordage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordage. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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wordage
noun
word·age
ˈwərd-ij 
: a quantity or number of words
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