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talebearing

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noun

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Adjective
  • After all, anyone can sound somewhat articulate via email by using AI.
    Melody Wilding, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
  • These are articulate, intellectual characters who tend to speak openly about their emotions and even drift into philosophical ruminations.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Oil surges as Iran picks Khamenei’s son as supreme leader, but comes off a tad after the Financial Times reported about talks on a possible coordinated release of reserves.
    Nasteho Said, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Impala Platinum has opened formal talks with Zimbabwe’s central bank and lined up meetings with both the South African and Zimbabwean governments to press for clarity on Harare’s export-earnings policy, its CEO told Semafor, escalating a commercial cash-flow dispute into bilateral negotiations.
    Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There can be a whisper-fine line between feature and bug, and in its persistent thickness and archness of atmosphere, Cold War Choir Practice slides right up to that boundary and perches there.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The world discovered what had once felt like a whisper.
    Gina Góngora, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Whether set in Jewish eastern Europe or New York’s Lower East Side, Shtok’s range is on full display, from gossipy melodramas and elegiac reveries to coming of age portraits of shtetl adolescents and immigrant hustlers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Certainly the humdrum of legislation or bureaucratic rule-marking is nothing like the gossipy speculation about who may or may not bid to lead California as its 41st governor.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Memes, gossip, the latest celebrity beef — the business of being in the know is more lucrative than ever before, and the film industry is capitalizing.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
  • This media gets former Faithfuls and Traitors to spill all the hot gossip on the show and their experiences on it.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • In one of the night’s most intense moments, the often glib Seth Rogen took the stage to accept the late Catherine O’Hara’s award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series.
    Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 2 Mar. 2026
  • There’s no shortage of stylish craft here and much to enjoy in the performances, but ultimately, Rosebush Pruning is too glib to work, leaving only an acrid aftertaste.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Donaldson said that pile of dirt had been there for at least a week.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Winter storms stripped away sand and dirt from the bluffs in Kings Park.
    John Dias, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • But critics of bell-to-bell bans are just as vocal.
    Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Country singers impressed, as did the unique vocal stylings of dementia-care aide Brooks Rosser, who is all but certain to be among the last standing in the competition.
    Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Talebearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talebearing. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.

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