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noun

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Adjective
  • Reading and interacting with students’ original thoughts in class helps teachers understand how students think and articulate.
    Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
  • That change may look like the ambitious and growing national people’s budgets movement, which brings together local residents and community groups to protest budget cuts on essential services, articulate budget priorities and democratize the budget process.
    Celina Su, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Investors had cheered the talks and the prospect of change at a fiercely independent company that had relied on decades-old relationships.
    Edwin Chan, Bloomberg, 27 Apr. 2026
  • There was talk that the Falcons might be willing to trade Pitts for draft picks at some point during the weekend.
    Josh Kendall, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Of course, this being DC and the WHCD, there are always whispers and smoke.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In Islamabad, the almost indecipherable whisper of leaks has turned to crickets.
    Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Petrie, Doz and Morrow play multiple roles, including a gossipy Greek chorus and the band of merry fisherman (truly an astonishing array of Canadian accent work on display).
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • In recent years, the game has seen another uptick in popularity—especially with younger players who in prior generations might have been the ones rolling their eyes at their elders’ gossipy game nights—and an increase in controversies.
    Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Besides, industry gossip, behind-the-curtain peeks and pure, uncut schadenfreude can move a lot of books.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Throughout March, rumors that West had begun dating his co-star Amanda Batula flooded gossip sites, though the two continuously denied said claims.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • That being said, its professional technical aspects just add to the impression that this is a glib and insincere effort, trying to graft a fun moviegoing experience onto a depressing story about hateful people reveling in each other’s pain.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Actually, tearjerkers, as a genre, are noble, albeit with a lousy reputation and a glib name for what is essentially an empathy machine that’s eager to streamline complicated emotions.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The wind and the pebbles that were on the dirt courts.
    Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • If your car is equipped with front radar or driver‑assist features, dirt on the sensor or slight misalignment from a parking‑lot bump could also be the culprit.
    Hartford Courant, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • His 2025 tape, WOMB, embodied this through his pensive grumbles over wispy vocal chops; each bar that cut through the fog was steeped in sober gravitas.
    Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 27 Apr. 2026
  • No matter your attachment style, listeners will latch onto Kehlani for its nostalgic references, impressive vocal arrangements, pitch-perfect collaborations, and refreshing perspectives on relationships.
    Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Talebearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talebearing. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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