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- adjective idiomatic Using exactly the
same words (as were originally used).
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Examples
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The House will have approved two bills: the Senate bill (word-for-word) and a separate reconciliation bill.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Does Marshall Field v. Clark Preclude a Challenge to “Deem and Pass”? 2010
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The House will have approved two bills: the Senate bill (word-for-word) and a separate reconciliation bill.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Does Marshall Field v. Clark Preclude a Challenge to “Deem and Pass”? 2010
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"As soon as is possible aft5er a meeting, a word-for-word bilingual record of every plenary session is published, along with a record of every committee meeting with an English translation of any contribution in Welsh."
Gwion's view 2009
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If they accept it word-for-word, it goes to the WH for some ink.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional” 2010
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"As soon as possible following a meeting, a bilingual word-for-word record of every plenary meeting is published ..." (clause 4.8).
Gwion's view 2009
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As in, what would the word-for-word conversation sound like?
Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011
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The article is, in many places, a word-for-word quote of the LA TImes article …
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Well … this verbiage seems to come, almost word-for-word, from a March 24, 2009 U.S.
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They may replicate those earlier acts exactly, as word-for-word transcriptions.
Archive 2009-02-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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According to what I read, the Arizona law is almost word-for-word the same as the federal law except it makes infractions a state crime as well as a federal crime.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Arizona Immigration Law Preempted? 2010
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