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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Of course Swift’s legion of devotees would scoff at the notion that their heroine was anything but a pop goddess, their very own Glinda the Good Witch sent to comfort with lyrical poetry and aid crumpled hearts.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025 -
Verbatim Reginald Dwayne Betts A 2012 essay from the American Poetry Review on poetry and the architecture of anger.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Oct. 2025
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Beneath Nkrumah’s elaborate rhetoric, Mazrui argued, lay a simple drive to consolidate control through a one-party state that would inevitably empower only his most loyal—and least thoughtful—allies.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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If Gorsuch and Kavanaugh have attracted blowback for their individual writings of late, on the left side of the court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's rhetoric has also raised eyebrows for her slashing dissents.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
6 Oct. 2025
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Mercury in Leo on June 26 boosts your confidence and eloquence, so use it wisely.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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The win vaulted Courtney into the spotlight—the Stanford grad who got her start in California’s high school cycling league, spoke with the eloquence of a CEO, and uploaded her jaw-dropping fitness routines to Instagram.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
5 Sep. 2025
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Alternate back to speaking with sound about every 20 to 30 seconds, but keep the same level of exaggerated expressiveness throughout your practice.—
Michael Chad Hoeppner,
CNBC,
25 Aug. 2025
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In a work as captivated with pastoral landscapes as the haunting glow of a tube TV, Vermette extracts possibility from every shot, down to crossfading that recalls the expressiveness of silent cinema.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Articulateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/articulateness. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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