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as in voice
an act, process, or means of putting something into words
her boyfriend's articulation of his feelings for her was very touching
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as in speech
the clear and accurate pronunciation of words especially in public speaking
you will have to work on your articulation if you want to be an announcer on TV
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Recent Examples of articulation
This human-like articulation shifts the robot’s focus from simple moving and running to complex manipulation tasks.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025
The conditions, generally speaking, would provide more design articulation for the north wall, and the work would be pushed back five feet along with the balcony.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
The lack of acoustics within the Schuldiner garage meant there was little in terms of articulation.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
The articulation of the prominent two-note slurs feels precise, maintaining a graceful, singing quality throughout the movement.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025
The conditions, generally speaking, would provide more design articulation for the north wall, and the work would be pushed back five feet along with the balcony.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
The lack of acoustics within the Schuldiner garage meant there was little in terms of articulation.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
The articulation of the prominent two-note slurs feels precise, maintaining a graceful, singing quality throughout the movement.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for articulation
Noun
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After making his film debut with Happy Gilmore 2 last year, Hernández will next appear in voice roles in The Angry Birds Movie 3 and Shrek 5.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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Shapiro also became a leading pro-Israel voice among Democrats and Jewish politicians amid the Israel-Hamas war.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Don't sweat it — music aficionados can tune in and rock out to all of the stellar performances, speeches, and festivities via livestream this year.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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However, Victoria gave Brooklyn a special nod while thanking her children during a speech.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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This comes after bursting on to the scene about a decade ago, influencing beauty formulation and packaging everywhere.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Inlyte’s work focused on cathode formulations, processing conditions, and operational protocols that allow iron to match the stability previously demonstrated only by nickel.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Take the shirt salesman, whose deliberate enunciations sound vaguely alien, almost Lanthimos-esque.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The cyber-pet also features a high-fidelity facial screen capable of thousands of expressions and concise text replies.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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In the study, Yale School of Medicine, or YSM, researchers discovered elevated GLO1 levels in the brains of animals with excessive levels of cellular calcium, finding that the brain increased GLO1 expression as a protective mechanism to mitigate the effects of the calcium dysregulation.—
Isabella Backman,
Hartford Courant,
6 Jan. 2026
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So what music to my ears were her astute assessment about the precision of Catullus’s diction across languages and the weirdly contemporary vocabulary itself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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There is a sense of replay in the heightened and artificial diction with which Mateus has her cast bear witness, and this sense is enhanced by the painterly compositions that frame the speakers.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Articulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/articulation. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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