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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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For Teams: Normalize setting boundaries while remaining communicative.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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Its hydraulic steering was extremely communicative, responsive, and busy, relaying every crease in the tarmac at all times — to the point of requiring a firm grip and faster than average hands — just the way any driving aficionado desires.—
Peter Nelson,
The Verge,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In this grid, Mr. Enfinger suggests a wordier option: TOOK A SHOT AT.—
Sam Corbin,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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Chatty newsletters, wordy Substacks and quirky TikTok videos and Instagram stories rely more heavily on personality and emotion than do their TV and old-school print counterparts.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
6 Jan. 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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Warner really was an underdog: he was cut by the Green Bay Packers, and then stocked shelves at a Hy-Vee grocery store, before taking a circuitous route back to the N.F.L. Warner pointed to the distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2025
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The Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed more than a century ago and has taken a circuitous route to ratification.—
Peter Baker,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Timmins calls Woll the second most talkative goalie he’s ever played in front of, behind only Stolarz.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Claypool has missed the last five practices, and even while on the sideline during Monday’s practice, his talkative nature with some of the defenders did not go over well with the other side of the ball.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
5 Aug. 2024
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 1 Feb. 2025.
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