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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.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
With the new upgrade, users can now even customize the expressiveness or pace of Siri’s voice.
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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.
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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.
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Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
Much attention is paid to the expressiveness and eccentricities that make Dern so recognizable.
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Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
20 May 2026
Jerome Powell isn’t known for his expressiveness.
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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.
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Alice Park,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026
Vocally, the members play with this subtle, almost nonchalant expressiveness.
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Billboard Korea,
Billboard,
26 Nov. 2025
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
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Unlike traditional sports chants, Jama blends music, rhythm and movement into an expression of community that exists well beyond the soccer field.
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While much of the source material comes from elsewhere, the cumulative mood is extremely personal to an artist who has spent his life helping the greats find true expression.
Noun
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Adams offered two incidental new piano pieces and one for string quartet containing his characteristic rhythmic excitement and melodic eloquence.
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Many individuals are drawn to you like a magnet because of your eloquence and allure.
Noun
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The title character disdains the common folk, and the play’s complicated political discussion and harsh, jagged poetry aren’t what most picnicking playgoers are after.
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Not enough people look back to the ancient world, which is more associated with epic poetry about gods and war than prose compositions.
Noun
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For too long Western leaders have been deterred by Putin’s escalation rhetoric.
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Concha argued that her positions and rhetoric reflect a broader shift in the Democratic Party toward socialism and extremism.
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“Expressiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressiveness. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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