as in poetry
the art or power of speaking or writing in a forceful and convincing way
obviously, articulateness was not what got that politician elected
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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 -
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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Hyper-aggressive rhetoric on social media, political extremism, and the normalization of violence are certainly contributing factors.—
Andrew Cuomo,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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Perhaps, as more and more people on the right echo white-supremacist rhetoric, some lawmakers might actually just start saying the thing out loud, and the courts will have to act.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
2 May 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
Noun
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Additional expressiveness comes from three degrees of freedom in the waist and two in the wrists, adding subtle, human-like flair.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Jan. 2026
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Jerome Powell isn’t known for his expressiveness.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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