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Recent Examples of nonverbal
People have projected a lot of narratives and storylines, largely via nonverbal cues.
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Mikelle Street, Them., 19 Aug. 2025
Poor eye contact, lack of smiling, and closed posture also list high among nonverbal cues that undermine candidates, according to the UNT Career Center.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Stonehurst is old and nonverbal now, but his talking parrot gives Fester a list of numbers to use to find Lois.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
The phone compounds this in that communication; more specifically, texting is reducing communication down to one layer, instead of our brain being able to process this information with all the layers (tone, nonverbal cues/expressions, speech patterns, etc.).
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
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Mikelle Street, Them., 19 Aug. 2025
Poor eye contact, lack of smiling, and closed posture also list high among nonverbal cues that undermine candidates, according to the UNT Career Center.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Stonehurst is old and nonverbal now, but his talking parrot gives Fester a list of numbers to use to find Lois.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
The phone compounds this in that communication; more specifically, texting is reducing communication down to one layer, instead of our brain being able to process this information with all the layers (tone, nonverbal cues/expressions, speech patterns, etc.).
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
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“Nonverbal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonverbal. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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