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
  • For decades, hip-hop artists have turned pain into poetry, struggle into style, and now, lyrics into liquidity.
    Kori Hale, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Sang-wol has been using the money garnered from Ro-sa’s poetry book sales to fund a college scholarship.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Concerns over antisemitic rhetoric and vandalism didn’t even tighten the race.
    Sara Forman, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
  • Trump also targeted Canada in his rhetoric, suggesting the country could become the 51st state in the U.S.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Blight argues persuasively that Douglass’s eloquence transformed the speech into an enduring historical marker — a profound moment of national self-examination that reverberates across generations.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025
  • Yet beneath this polished surface lies a troubling reality that Apple's latest research has brought into sharp focus: eloquence is not intelligence, and imitation is not understanding.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025

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“Articulacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/articulacy. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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