as in poetry
the art or power of speaking or writing in a forceful and convincing way
the impressive articulacy of the members of the debating society known as the Oxford Union
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Recent Examples of articulacy
The results are astonishing, and Robin transforms from a struggling, depressive, and too often rageful child into a youth of prodigious wisdom and articulacy.
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Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for articulacy
Noun
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Similarly, the cast wrings some poetry out of the prosaic, often aphoristic dialogue.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Go back to music, rhythm, as Yeats did, for a renewal of inspiration in poetry.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Framed as a platform for addressing inequality, climate change and the rise of right-wing political movements, yet the rhetoric coming from it has raised questions in Washington and across the region about whether a more coordinated political counterweight to the United States is taking shape.—
Armando Regil Velasco,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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People have been called pedants since the early modern period—pedante is a fifteenth-century Italian coinage for a professional teacher of Latin literature and rhetoric—but have been acting pedantically for millennia.—
Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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His emotional eloquence pushed music toward the future.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
4 Apr. 2026
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The oversized teddy bear of a man with the languid baritone, who speaks with the eloquence of a poet, the encouragement of a coach, and the comfort of a minister, came up in the legendary Night Hawk in the 1970s.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Articulacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/articulacy. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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