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reticence
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And yet, when Obama won the Presidency, Bush greeted him with graceful comments of welcome, and then embarked on a retirement characterized by reticence.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026 -
Dancer Clinton Harris became emotional describing a natural reticence about expressing himself verbally instead of through movement.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
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“Taciturnity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taciturnity. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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