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Adjective
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Even the blandest overtures can whip him into a frantic, pornographic, prolix ecstasy.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026 -
Ronald, who with his shock of white hair and prolix tendencies comes off like a frazzled professor, keeps to a more limited circuit writing out of his house and his office.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Ghosting a seemingly healthy, communicative relationship is rarely a good option, if ever.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Clarke said Panarin, 34, had been communicative and supportive since arriving from Manhattan in a trade that took place just before the Olympic break.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Conrad is full of wordy comic dialogue that often sings in its idiosyncrasy but also elicits little more than a chuckle.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2026
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During a Moon-Pluto trine with Luna in your connected 7th house and Pluto in your wordy 3rd house, you’re called to strengthen your agreements through open dialogue.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Today hosts a gentle Moon-Chiron trine, empowering your friendly 11th house and your verbose 3rd house.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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Styles speak-sings over cascading keyboards in his most verbose song on the album, which is also his most musically stimulating.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Twenty years ago, critic Mark Fisher described Burial’s Untrue as a kind of sonic hauntology, a montage of fractured breakbeats, spectral vocal fragments, and crackle collapsing past and future into a single, diffuse texture.—
Keegan Brady,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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One of Lerner’s virtues as a writer is that his work resists this relentless gathering of data (news, text messages, posts), a gathering that’s both abundant and diffuse, and that, paradoxically, feels like a giving over of one’s mind and capacities to fuzzy abstraction.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Bennett’s journey was more circuitous.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Mar. 2026
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Davis took a circuitous route to get back.—
Steve Megargee,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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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
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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
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