as in rhetoric
the art or power of speaking or writing in a forceful and convincing way
millions have been inspired by the eloquence of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech
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Recent Examples of eloquence
Those for whom there is no greater eloquence than silence.
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Huda Fakhreddine
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Investors expect perpetual outperformance, teams expect infallible guidance, regulators expect clairvoyance, and the media expect quotable eloquence.
—Pankaj Vasani, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
My euphoria stemmed as much from the mandarin eloquence of the characters as from the unanticipated magic that can happen when a playwright finds his community of actors.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
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
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Huda Fakhreddine
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Investors expect perpetual outperformance, teams expect infallible guidance, regulators expect clairvoyance, and the media expect quotable eloquence.
—Pankaj Vasani, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
My euphoria stemmed as much from the mandarin eloquence of the characters as from the unanticipated magic that can happen when a playwright finds his community of actors.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eloquence
Noun
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But Herrero, of the Cuba Study Group, argued that this kind of rhetoric is better understood as electoral gamesmanship.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Watson and Radcliffe have consistently voiced support for transgender rights, sometimes in direct contrast to Rowling reiterating hurtful rhetoric that is tied to the TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminists) movement, which posits the belief that trans women are not women.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the time of the Timurids, a period that ended about 500 years ago,descendants of Tamerlane, the city hosted festivals of art, music, poetry and food that could last months.—
Dada Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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At the end of his life, Maesfield was putting together a collection of his poetry.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Eloquence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eloquence. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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