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jawboning

  • present participle
    of jawbone.
    jawbone
    noun
    a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
  • a word derived from jawbone.
    jawbone
    noun
    a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.

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Notably, it has not been adjudicated whether or not the FCC has crossed the line into jawboning.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Neither Modi’s jawboning nor an estimated $100 billion in Reserve Bank of India intervention has stemmed the decline so far, though, says Venkat Pasupuleti, portfolio manager for India at Dalton Investments.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

Oil dropped on these remarks on Tuesday and equities bounced — even though the president was just jawboning.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026

The jawboning by finance officials appears to have delivered the same result as actually intervening in the market—at least for now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Let’s talk about Murthy, because I think it’s largely been framed as a case about what’s called jawboning, right?

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2024