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
The bleachers beside the benches were nearly full and accordingly voluble.
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Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
As recent college graduates face one of the toughest job markets in years, Berkeley economist and voluble Substacker Brad DeLong has a message for those struggling to land their first full-time gig: Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are not to blame.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2025
Patel and Bongino, prior to joining the administration, were voluble in their uncompromising view that Epstein had trafficked minors to elite figures and that there was a cover-up.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 18 July 2025
Happy to be voluble on this topic is Induprakas Keri in his role as SVP and GM of hybrid cloud at Nutanix.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
As recent college graduates face one of the toughest job markets in years, Berkeley economist and voluble Substacker Brad DeLong has a message for those struggling to land their first full-time gig: Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are not to blame.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2025
Patel and Bongino, prior to joining the administration, were voluble in their uncompromising view that Epstein had trafficked minors to elite figures and that there was a cover-up.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 18 July 2025
Happy to be voluble on this topic is Induprakas Keri in his role as SVP and GM of hybrid cloud at Nutanix.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for voluble
Adjective
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Sophia wasn’t particularly talkative that evening.—
Dan Turello,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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Lopez describes her daughter as an energetic, talkative child who speaks both English and Spanish.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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With so many actors, teachers and those who are comfortable in a theater community in the room, articulate, confident and exhibitionist volunteers are easy to find, but results on other nights will undoubtedly vary widely.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2026
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Dahl praised Wolfinger’s articulate filmmaking and ability to balance the film’s tone.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The LLMs feeding this technology, trained on large datasets drawn from the web, produce fluent answers simply by predicting the next word, without providing back-up for each claim.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
15 Jan. 2026
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Companies are increasingly pairing a small number of senior technical leaders with AI-fluent operators, often without traditional CS backgrounds.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Police said the woman was non-communicative.—
Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
19 Jan. 2026
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From Ron being just the guiding light of all of it, and so understanding, communicative and gentle with me — just such a great leader in every way, shape or form.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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How do non-signature whistles fit into this vocal system?—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Aura is designed specifically for household cats and dogs, with AI trained to recognize their behaviors, movements and vocal cues.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Infotainment systems will become genuinely conversational, much like Alexa.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The company argues that by combining conversational AI with structured evaluation, dating apps can move closer to how people actually build relationships in real life.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Voluble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voluble. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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