Sentence:  Congratulations on managing to use the <WSD>phrase</WSD> “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“[http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21589427-states-are-starting-test-teachers-your-marks On your marks]”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.