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Style Exception Request

The columnist insists on a phrasing that violates our legal-use guidance but argues it preserves their voice. I can't …

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The columnist insists on a phrasing that violates our legal-use guidance but argues it preserves their voice. I can't tell whether this exception exposes us to legal risk or is defensible editorially. Advise whether to allow the exception, what minimal rewrite would retain voice while reducing risk, and the brief memo to legal and the columnist explaining the decision.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

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A senior columnist wants an exception to the stylebook for legal phrasing; I'm weighing the risk.

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