| "Their exact words were …" |
New York Times |
22 Apr 2025 |
| "What they said was" |
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| "The exact words were..." |
Newsday |
14 Nov 2024 |
| ''The exact words were . . .'' |
Newsday |
24 Sep 2021 |
| See 9 Down |
The Washington Post Sunday |
05 Sep 2021 |
| Words preceding a speaker's citation |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2021 |
| "Their exact words were ..." |
Universal |
03 Jan 2021 |
| Words before someone else's words |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Dec 2019 |
| “The exact words were...” |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Aug 2019 |
| "The exact words were..." |
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| Words before someone else's words |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jan 2015 |
| Words before someone else's words |
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| Lead-in to someone else's words, after "and" |
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| "The exact statement was ..." |
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| "The exact words were ..." |
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