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as in voice
an act, process, or means of putting something into words
the meticulous verbalism of the senator's prepared statement suggests that she knew that it would spark controversy
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as in repetition
the use of too many words to express an idea
prose that is lean, uncluttered, and utterly devoid of any trace of verbalism
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Officers can use voice commands, and if those don’t work options include pepper spray, a baton, a TASER or fire extinguisher, though some are more difficult to use on a fast-moving animal, the directive says.
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That has worried digital rights and free speech activists, who say that India is increasingly using its powers to silence online voices opposing the government, including ordering social media takedowns and blocking access to some accounts.
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Complete 10–15 repetitions per leg.
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Despite decades of repetition, eating more carrots will not give you night vision.
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Now in its 38th edition, the annual issue is a record of the highest expressions of craft, ingenuity, creativity, pleasure, and wonder across 15 categories and from around the globe.
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Cancer season brings focus to your creative expression, dating life, hobbies and self-expression.
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Flatulent describes inflated, pretentious writing; garrulity describes excessive talkativeness.
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Among those who tested positive and those who tested negative, the researchers calculated the odds of having received a 2025-26 formulation of the Covid vaccine.
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The only reasonable conclusion when this formulation is applied is that this group of seven Canucks veterans must be viewed organizationally as depreciating assets.
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Just as the limitless space of web text tempts writers to indulge their logorrhea, the blinking, ever-transmuting, cartoonish interface of web browsers prevents would-be readers from paying attention to anything for longer than about 7 seconds.
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Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects.
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People still move there, but the diffusion is real and accelerating.
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Rapid volumetric heating accelerates dye diffusion and allows for deeper penetration of the prickly pear peel pigment molecules (betalain) into the wool fiber interior swollen by the heat.
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The repetitiveness of the plot is not helped by the many montages writer-director Yandy Laurens uses as shortcuts, instead of writing scenes that show how the central relationship is developing.
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“Verbalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbalism. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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