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Recent Examples of chattiness
By contrast, Trump is being needled almost weekly by Tillis and other GOP senators whose chattiness with the press has drawn the ire of the president.
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David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
Beyond the festivities, the best thing about the city is the Glaswegians themselves, who are known for their outsize charm and chattiness.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
Beyond the festivities, the best thing about the city is the Glaswegians themselves, who are known for their outsize charm and chattiness.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chattiness
Noun
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However, Fallon noted that there have been times when his loquaciousness has backfired, too.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The central bank’s pathological loquacity—policy statements, detailed meeting minutes, press conferences, speeches, interviews and those infernal dot plots—has become more confusing than enlightening.—
Joseph C. Sternberg,
WSJ,
15 Dec. 2022
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Such loquacity doesn’t come cheap, not just in terms of paying your writers and cast but also in capturing actors’ performances.—
Alexander Chatziioannou,
Washington Post,
7 Nov. 2022
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His emotional eloquence pushed music toward the future.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
4 Apr. 2026
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The oversized teddy bear of a man with the languid baritone, who speaks with the eloquence of a poet, the encouragement of a coach, and the comfort of a minister, came up in the legendary Night Hawk in the 1970s.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Mar. 2026
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That fluency was, for the Hawaiian-Japanese director, the entire casting brief.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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This specific kind of cultural fluency may help explain some of his viral moments as the leader of the ancient faith.—
Krysta Fauria,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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“Chattiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chattiness. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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