1
as in speaks
to utter clearly and distinctly
uses a very measured tone and articulates every syllable when issuing scoldings
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as in expresses
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
an essay that masterfully articulates the case for a greater commitment to space exploration
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as in utters
to express (a thought or emotion) in words
I'm not articulating my thoughts very well
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Recent Examples of articulates
Collecting is often a function of loss, an attempt to save something that might otherwise disappear, as the volume’s final essay poignantly articulates.
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Kelly Presutti,
ARTnews.com,
26 June 2026
Phil Baxter, working minimally with fruit from the renowned Ferrington Vineyard, articulates the skill in his work as knowing what not to do.
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Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
The film expertly articulates how to tell a story using every tool of our craft, leaving no tool unused.
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Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
The villain of the film is an ideology that Benji articulates to Miranda when he’s poised to take control of Runway.
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Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
Lori’s speech articulates the fundamental twinship of artists and critics—a reality that has always resisted attempts to drive a wedge between the two.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
The through-line across all of it – the music, the acting, the international stages – is a pair of principles Lo articulates with plainness.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
The band’s visual world for the record articulates much more.
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Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2026
In contrast to Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, whose revolutionary vision was deliberately vague regarding the future status of ethnic groups, the current opposition leadership project articulates a centralized political order that excludes ethnic inclusion and power-sharing.
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Shukriya Bradost,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2026
Kelly Presutti,
ARTnews.com,
26 June 2026
Phil Baxter, working minimally with fruit from the renowned Ferrington Vineyard, articulates the skill in his work as knowing what not to do.
—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
The film expertly articulates how to tell a story using every tool of our craft, leaving no tool unused.
—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
The villain of the film is an ideology that Benji articulates to Miranda when he’s poised to take control of Runway.
—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
Lori’s speech articulates the fundamental twinship of artists and critics—a reality that has always resisted attempts to drive a wedge between the two.
—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
The through-line across all of it – the music, the acting, the international stages – is a pair of principles Lo articulates with plainness.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
The band’s visual world for the record articulates much more.
—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2026
In contrast to Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, whose revolutionary vision was deliberately vague regarding the future status of ethnic groups, the current opposition leadership project articulates a centralized political order that excludes ethnic inclusion and power-sharing.
—
Shukriya Bradost,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for articulates
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The role required fluency in at least three languages—and Blunt, by her own admission, just about speaks Spanish.
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Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR's Ukraine Correspondent Joanna Kakissis about the overnight attack in Kyiv, which comes on the heels of Ukraine's drone assaults in Moscow.
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Someone expresses displeasure, raises their voice slightly or applies the soft pressure of sustained silence, and the original position softens, shifts or vanishes entirely.
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Written in a style disarming and gently subversive, Slaughterhouse-Five expresses outrage at war that even now remains in opposition to conventional wisdom.
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Halfway through, Mando is captured by Clone Wars’ bounty hunter Embo, who was voiced by Filoni on the show but never utters so much as a single line of dialogue here.
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Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.
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The Canadian report says only 28 human cases have been reported in Canada since 1924, while the CDC reports fewer than 10 people die from rabies each year in the United States.
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The two-story space features professional recording studios, podcast and video suites, co-working lounges and meeting spaces, which are slated to open by early next year once permits are approved, Ihm says.
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As the film tells it, her poses — sometimes casual, sometimes intense, always impressive — caught the eye of fellow climber Ivan Beerkus, and the two soon began collaborating.
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David Martin, who leads the global people and organization practice at BCG, tells Fortune that too many companies are focused on one-hour training sessions, half-day bootcamps, and other classic learning and development programs.
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This article discusses how Parent PLUS loans can become a retirement debt trap, how families should evaluate borrowing and what older borrowers can do before repayment problems become harder to fix.
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Emma D'Arcy discusses Rhaenyra's bold move on House of the Dragon season 3's second episode.
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Instead, the guy talks to dead barkeeps and wields an ax more than his typewriter.
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Albert Saijo, second semester editor of Echoes, Heart Mountain high school publication, talks things over with Hisako Takehara and Alice Tanouye, first semester co-editors.
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