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Adjective
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Words, including those of artists themselves—as prolix in their way as critics, curators, and historians—can serve vision but can also deflect from it.—
Barry Schwabsky,
ARTnews.com,
3 Sep. 2019 -
In 1949, a young American artist named Ray Johnson left Black Mountain College near Asheville, N.C., moved to New York City and began to explore his prolix talents, both visual and verbal.—
Roberta Smith,
New York Times,
30 May 2024
Adjective
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On the same day, communicative Mercury and penetrating Pluto unite in Aquarius.—
Lisa Stardust,
refinery29.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Finally Marries First Love—Then Menopause Made Her Divorce Him Divorced Parents Shocked by Unexpected Call, but There's a Twist The trend plays on a familiar trope that sisters in sibling relationships are more emotionally forthcoming and communicative.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Vague, wandering, wordy speech habits, for example, force people to work harder to understand you.—
John Bowe, Contributor,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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Ferrell just isn’t right for this part: The role is too stagy, too wordy for him, and his style of comedy is just too modern and deconstructionist to handle the Borscht Belt punning of Mel Brooks.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The lawmaker said that the usable speech only came after four or five prompts that generated unusable material, either too verbose or oddly phrased, an illustration of how important the input into the AI is to the result.—
Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 Jan. 2023
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The verbose coach was at somewhat of a loss for words, opting to forgo opening remarks in his postgame press conference and instead diving right into questions.—
Tom Green | tgreen@al.com,
al,
18 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Cultural attitudes on each side toward consumer safety, environmental protection, and privacy run deep, and they will not be overcome with promises of diffuse economic benefits and future job growth.—
Thomas J. Bollyky,
Foreign Affairs,
10 July 2013
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In large companies with diffuse corporate hierarchies, that legal bar can be difficult to meet.—
Richard Vanderford,
WSJ,
30 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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This will be a big theme going forward as the AI wave takes a circuitous path to technology nirvana.—
R. Scott Raynovich,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
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As our route to Sedona and back is a circuitous mix of surface streets, highways, and twisty canyon roads, the prospect of traveling the 300 miles without a nap seems unlikely.—
Jaclyn Trop,
Robb Report,
27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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In her confusion about so much in her life, the usually talkative Suzy simply stops speaking.—
Chad Jones,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Adrien is very engaged in the moment and is able to switch over and be sociable and talkative.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Green, the loquacious one, declined to talk to media after the game, saving his words for the team.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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The loquacious Public Enemy veteran who kicked a debilitating drug habit to become a reality-TV superstar and bon vivant always seems to be everywhere all at once.—
Jason Newman,
Rolling Stone,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Periphrastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/periphrastic. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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