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The central bank’s pathological loquacity—policy statements, detailed meeting minutes, press conferences, speeches, interviews and those infernal dot plots—has become more confusing than enlightening.—
Joseph C. Sternberg,
WSJ,
15 Dec. 2022 -
Such loquacity doesn’t come cheap, not just in terms of paying your writers and cast but also in capturing actors’ performances.—
Alexander Chatziioannou,
Washington Post,
7 Nov. 2022
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However, Fallon noted that there have been times when his loquaciousness has backfired, too.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
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His emotional eloquence pushed music toward the future.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
4 Apr. 2026
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The oversized teddy bear of a man with the languid baritone, who speaks with the eloquence of a poet, the encouragement of a coach, and the comfort of a minister, came up in the legendary Night Hawk in the 1970s.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Mar. 2026
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Beyond the festivities, the best thing about the city is the Glaswegians themselves, who are known for their outsize charm and chattiness.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
20 Aug. 2025
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If Arsenal needed a bit more attacking fluency, cohesion, threat, these were the kind of players capable of providing it.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Although research suggests that elementary teachers should focus on helping students learn the sounds of speech, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary and reading comprehension strategies, there is little evidence on how well these skills are packaged into the textbooks used in classrooms.—
Shawn Datchuk,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Talkiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talkiness. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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