talkiness

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Noun
  • The central bank’s pathological loquacity—policy statements, detailed meeting minutes, press conferences, speeches, interviews and those infernal dot plots—has become more confusing than enlightening.
    Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Such loquacity doesn’t come cheap, not just in terms of paying your writers and cast but also in capturing actors’ performances.
    Alexander Chatziioannou, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • However, Fallon noted that there have been times when his loquaciousness has backfired, too.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In this sense, thinking is less about eloquence or computation per se, and more about the ability to build internal models of the world and run them forward, whether to solve a problem, make a judgment, imagine a possibility, or simply navigate reality with some sense of direction.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s own commentary works with tacit eloquence through such parallels and contrasts.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Beyond the festivities, the best thing about the city is the Glaswegians themselves, who are known for their outsize charm and chattiness.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Hicks' work with the charity, combined with his fluency in Spanish, helped deepen his ties to immigrant communities.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The National Assessment of Educational Progress, for instance, reveals that many students are advancing through grade levels without a corresponding improvement in their reading fluency or comprehension.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Talkiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talkiness. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.

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