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“Rather than focusing on the thoughtful responses of Ayo Edebiri, Julia Roberts, and Andrew Garfield, the discussion continues solely on how I should have phrased the question,” Polidoro wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Sixteen years later, the former Rhodes Scholar and White House fellow under George W. Bush said he would have phrased his position on fiscal issues differently.

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2022

“I may have phrased it differently, but I meant what I said,” Sherman said on Wednesday.

From Reuters • Oct. 9, 2019

However, in the Twitter posting, Sir Billy can be seen sitting playing the banjo under a blue sky and is heard saying: "Sorry if I depressed you. Maybe I should have phrased it better."

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2019

It had always been his ambition "to fight a battery in the real thing," as he would himself have phrased it, and he foresaw that he was about to do so with a vengeance.

From Servants of the Guns by Jeffery, Jeffery E.