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expatiating

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verb

present participle of expatiate
as in speaking
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject the naturalist is known for her willingness to expatiate on any number of issues relating to wildlife and the environment

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Adjective
  • Ben Steinberg, a 26-year-old film student at Cal State Northridge, has long been a vocal and active proponent of reopening Hollywood’s Cinerama Dome, which has been closed since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Some were axed immediately; others were rewritten and re-recorded, keeping Oli’s voice pure, stripped of the vocal doubling that had been his signature on previous records.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Chicago Federal Reserve president and CEO Austan Goolsbee will be speaking at the Detroit Economic Club on Tuesday.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But prosecutor Wu introduced a photo showing Solages speaking on a phone, standing next to a man in camouflage, hours after the exchange and as police were trying to find the president’s killers.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The emerging field calls for more refined methods to determine whether fungal electrical signaling plays a functional, communicative role.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The review calls for more refined methods to uncover whether fungal electrical signaling plays a functional, communicative role.
    Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Therefore, now is not the time to be lecturing our partners and allies.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
  • That includes lecturing, building curriculum, pursuing research and speaking about university policy.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The sensitive Moon energizes your 11th House of Bonding, squaring expansive Jupiter in your 8th House of Caution.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Beyond, a west-facing dining room with expansive views and striking rope chandeliers.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Canadian astronaut Jenni Gibbons is the person talking to the astronauts today from inside Mission Control.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Caminero comes through Cash and radio broadcaster Andy Freed were talking before the game about when Junior Caminero would erase the zero in his home run column.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The 28-year-old is loquacious and engaging, the ideal traits for someone around whom a team revolves.
    Maria Torres, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Keery’s loquacious doormat of a storage employee falls for his coworker (Campbell) who is not only super smart but resourceful.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Although Robbins could be talkative and engaging particularly when discussing his hometown Houston sports teams, there were also periods of sullen silence and self-medication.
    Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Your 11th House of Hopefulness lights up as enterprising Mars harmonizes with jovial Jupiter in your talkative 3rd house.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
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“Expatiating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatiating. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.

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