as in talkative
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talking a lot in an energetic and rapid way
a voluble host Jen was relaxed and voluble, eagerly retelling her vacation adventures.
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Recent Examples of voluble
Hostility to such politics has been voluble and loud.
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Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
The usually voluble Booker wasn’t eager to dissect his 2020 race.
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Russell Berman,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2026
Unlike the voluble Freedman, CAA was silent Thursday when Deadline reached out for comment on the looming mass action.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
Great Again movement is looking to sack the musical performance, given their side's voluble objections to Bad Bunny.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
The usually voluble Booker wasn’t eager to dissect his 2020 race.
—
Russell Berman,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2026
Unlike the voluble Freedman, CAA was silent Thursday when Deadline reached out for comment on the looming mass action.
—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
Great Again movement is looking to sack the musical performance, given their side's voluble objections to Bad Bunny.
—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for voluble
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The great speculators became talkative and communicative or dull, sullen, silent, and peevish.
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Doing this kind of work with other talkative animals, such as dolphins, would be much more difficult.
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Park, hitherto a fount of articulate thoughts, is suddenly coy.
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The most articulate member of the team, Johnston knows better than anyone how to talk his way through any problem.
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After six years of teleworking, California’s state employees have become fluent in software such as Google Docs and Microsoft Teams to work with their colleagues and get their jobs done.
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Advertisement Having conversations in fluent French, acquired by dint of immense hard work over many years, was an unmatchably rewarding experience.
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Experts warn Warsh's less communicative approach risks increasing market volatility and borrowing costs, potentially forfeiting accountability gains.
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Even though the pilot doesn’t have all the information passengers might want to hear in that moment, Kennedy said, many would feel relief that the person in charge is transparent, communicative, and cognizant of their feelings and concerns.
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The announcement follows mounting pressure on the prime minister after Labour suffered heavy losses in local elections in May and faced an increasingly vocal rebellion from his own lawmakers over his leadership and policy agenda.
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While the singer-songwriter has been vocal about her disdain for generative AI models, her latest argument against it comes after learning hundreds of her own songs have been used for training purposes.
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The deployment introduced an agent layer that could access the underlying systems, prepare inputs for the appropriate optimization approach, interpret outputs in plain language and surface recommendations through conversational and web interfaces.
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Some startups — like HereAfter AI, Storyfile, and Eternos — offer services like video avatars and conversational AI trained on a deceased person’s data.
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“Voluble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voluble. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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