expressiveness

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Recent Examples of expressiveness Users can now customize how Siri sounds through new pacing and expressiveness controls, while also interacting with the assistant through voice or text. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026 With the new upgrade, users can now even customize the expressiveness or pace of Siri’s voice. Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 Through the various forces, a huge one of them being social media, there’s been a loss of expressiveness. Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026 Despite us having just seen the episode where Reid performed this exact song, his vocals felt like they were shot out of a cannon — Reid has an unexpected control and expressiveness to his live singing voice that emphasizes the already theatrical lyrics and melody. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 3 June 2026 Much attention is paid to the expressiveness and eccentricities that make Dern so recognizable. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 20 May 2026 Jerome Powell isn’t known for his expressiveness. Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026 The Shibutanis entered the competition in Osaka determined to show the world that their time off the ice had not taken away from their skills and expressiveness but added to them. Alice Park, Time, 5 Jan. 2026 Vocally, the members play with this subtle, almost nonchalant expressiveness. Billboard Korea, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressiveness
Noun
  • Concerns for free expression Tyler Coward, the lead counsel for government affairs at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a free-speech advocacy group, said Legislature was treating certain ideas as inherently suspect.
    Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
  • And that’s to say nothing of the very real threats to free expression coming from Republicans at every level of government right now.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • The Odysseus of legend is known for his cunning and his eloquence.
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026
  • Blarney Castle is, of course, home to the legendary Blarney Stone—a block of limestone built into the castle that’s said to gift eloquence and persuasiveness to whoever kisses it.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026
Noun
  • Drawings of eggs featuring his poetry were created at his request.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
  • There’s a long Greek tradition of setting modern Greek poetry to song, and the words my father sang came from the poet Manolis Anagnostakis.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • Now, the rhetoric has expanded beyond the candidates themselves, pulling Scholten — who is not running for governor — into the political crossfire.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 21 July 2026
  • In other words, Lander did not feel the need to appease the Zionist mob by softening his rhetoric.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

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“Expressiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressiveness. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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