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In this sense, of course, the fictionalist's "According to PW …" sentences are still not extensional, but neither are the realist's possible worlds "translations" of everyday modal locutions, and possible-worlds "translations" of modal locutions should not in general be thought to be extensional.

Amid the general fear of being counterpunched with a charge of negativity, politicians shy from any locution that can be construed as harsh.

The locution to be there for you, meaning "capable, reliable, to be depended upon," reached the general lingo in the 1920's, and its most recent sense of "to be nurturing, comforting" began with a religious overtone in 1981.

Barbara Arnstein of Whitestone, N.Y., suggests that the gunfight venue's name might be the "I'm O.K., You're O.K. Corral". The locution to be there for you, meaning "capable, reliable, to be depended upon," reached the general lingo in the 1920's, and its most recent sense of "to be nurturing, comforting" began with a religious overtone in 1981.

He relies upon a host of loosely related locutions when discussing the essences of things, and these give some clue to his general orientation.

The locution is reasonably telling.

Joe Asher of Seattle adds the three things that matter in public speaking: "locution, locution, locution".

The mooshy locution does not concern lovers.

In the next take, C.K. slipped into a stilted locution.

Federal power expands, but never contracts, with each new locution.

Can we have a ban on that locution?

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