chiefly British
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. Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
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Noun
  • In the poetry of Donne and his contemporaries, the speaker of the poem is almost always a man, with women as implicit audience and explicit objects of desire.
    A.O. Scott, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Unique voices, unique perspectives Of course, there are countless autistic people who write poetry who aren’t famous and haven’t published books.
    Bradley J. Irish, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Opponents argue the laws sanction discrimination and the exclusion of a vulnerable minority group and that rhetoric produced in these debates can stigmatize the transgender community.
    Sam Gringlas, NPR, 10 May 2025
  • But despite hope for mediation, rhetoric turned personal Friday when NJ Transit President Kris Kollouri took a swipe at Haas’ memory.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • At a time when the world seems increasingly divided into winners and losers, exploiters and suckers, Henry Johnson speaks with sardonic eloquence to our current moment in American life.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
  • France is a culture of manners, of eloquence, of graceful behavior, as if life itself, from the grandly public to the intimately domestic, were essentially performative, requiring constant self-control.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025

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