Sentence examples for weaker term from inspiring English sources

The only reference to bonuses was in the context of the banks showing "pay discipline", which is an even weaker term than "restraint" – the standard phrase of recent weeks.

Although AP's recommended phrase "those who reject mainstream climate science" is "not half bad," it's so wordy that the weaker term "doubter" may win by default, Romm argues in a blog post.

US Secretary of State John Kerry made sure that the legally binding term "shall" was replaced with the weaker term "should" before the US signed.

It was considered that no weaker terms would cover the cost of distribution.

3. Hare sometimes uses weaker terms than "entail" in this connection: see Hare 1952, p. 172 and Hare 1963, p. 56.

In each case, subjects were presented with contexts which satisfied the semantic content of the stronger (i.e. more informative) terms on each scale (i.e. all, three and finish) but were described using the weaker terms of the scales (i.e. some, two, start).

It is about remuneration based on the weak term "fairness".

Too say I'm optimistic is a weak term".

I don't prefer the term agnostic because agnosticism is often used as a weak term that means I'm not sure if the guy with the beard on the cloud exists or doesn't exist.

"Obligations" is actually a weak term, for the obligations of which we are speaking are part of the social contract around which millions of people have built their lives.

During cognitive debriefing, one German subject suggested removing bother without replacement, and noted the German word for bother ("stören") to be a "weak term".