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How to use the word verbatim in a Sentence?

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There was some language in there that was not verbatim but nearly was what was in some of our press releases. he had already been publicly disgraced.

Joseph Murtha

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They were, he recalled, what appeared to be near-verbatim transcripts of classified intelligence documents that OG indicated he had brought home from his job on a ‘military base,’ which the member declined to identify, oG claimed he spent at least some of his day inside a secure facility that prohibited cellphones and other electronic devices, which could be used to document the secret information housed on government computer networks or spooling out from printers.

The Washington Post

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The girl quoting the definitions before (pronouncer Jacques) Bailly said them stated the usage note from our unabridged dictionary verbatim. ... Its a very specific kind of writing that we do. I thought, Oh my goodness, this 13-year-old girl is quoting our dictionary back to us, these spellers as a group simply were unusually gifted. They may indicate that we have entered a new era of competition.

Peter Sokolowski

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

When we are interpreting, we take notes for ourselves - these are not verbatim notes, they are only a language we understand, so we can reconstruct the phrase or paragraph, sometimes you prepare the notes at the request of the president.

Gamal Helal

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This is almost a verbatim quotation of what critics of immigration said in the early 20th century.

Alan Kraut

Found on CNN
5 years ago

In all honesty, Johnny, we are often at the mercy of the White House for the news we report. Frequently, we simply repeat verbatim what the White House tells us.

Connie Chung to Johnny Carson

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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