Analysis of 567,758 randomized controlled trials published over 30 years reveals trends in phrases used to discuss results that do not reach statistical significance.

The strongest evidence for an increased temporal prevalence was found for “a numerical trend,” “a positive trend,” “an increasing trend,” and “nominally significant.” In contrast, the phrases “all but significant,” “approaches statistical significance,” “did not quite reach statistical significance,” “difference was apparent,” “failed to reach statistical significance,” and “not quite significant” decreased over time.

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IMPORTANT: a) Please can you change your Title to "Analysis of 567,758 randomized controlled trials published over 30 years reveals trends in phrases used to discuss results that are not statistically significant" or "...that do not reach statistical significance" or "...that are only marginally significant," whichever is most accurate. b) Please address the remaining concerns raised by the reviewers.

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