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[ahr-tik-yuh-lit, ahr-tik-yuh-layt] / ɑrˈtɪk jə lɪt, ɑrˈtɪk jəˌleɪt /






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With verbal chops like those, who needs an articulate press secretary?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

“We have seen this massive divide in our country where people articulate differences, and the distance grows into huge, huge gaps,” Hijazi said on a 2021 panel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

“We hear the VP views Schmitt as trustworthy, intelligent, articulate and a deft political operator,” VandeHei wrote.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I’d be shocked if every 2028 candidate didn’t start to articulate plans for how they’ll handle AI, how they want to regulate it,” UPenn’s Levendusky said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

“I don’t know,” Kathy said, and searched her feelings to articulate the issue.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"Whoever articulates a clear position and sticks to it, in either party, really stands to benefit."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

I still think about it and watch it over and over again because it beautifully articulates something I’ve always believed but struggle to find the words to explain.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

“Backrooms,” the No. 1 movie in the country currently, is a horror movie that takes place in a seemingly endless liminal space that articulates itself as generic strip mall or office spaces.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026

In late November, China, for the first time in nearly two decades, omitted any mention of North Korean disarmament from a periodically released defense white paper that articulates its stance on global threats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

The division of the liberal arts is not accidental; it articulates a coherent system of thought.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

If all myths, including superhero stories, are meant to be allegories, then think of this episode as an expansion of a motto articulated in a 2013 episode of “Scandal.”

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

The fall 2026 collection from Georgian brand Lado Bokuchava is a silver grommet fantasia, and Hodakova has been making elegantly articulated spiky clothing for a number of seasons now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

His mission statement, articulated in an essay published online, was to invest early and big in AI technologies, both public and private, and until very recently his bets had paid off handsomely.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

But as John Maynard Keynes brilliantly articulated, what matters isn’t the state of the economy but consumer sentiment, how people feel about the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Passing through Alexandria on his way to Mount Vernon, he stopped to deliver a speech in which he reiterated his allegiance to the principles articulated in the Farewell Address.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

His chairmanship could turn on articulating a strategy for a central bank operating in a world of deglobalization, reduced immigration and recurring conflict—one that looks little like the 1990s he holds up as a model.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Ann Widdecombe revelled in debate, even, perhaps particularly, when articulating positions as a lifelong social conservative that were no longer fashionable to many.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

“We were early in articulating the risk to legacy broadband providers from FWA, which the industry underestimated, as they are doing with satellite now,” Horan wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

Oil is really the only asset that’s experienced the kind of shock Kaur is articulating.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

Syllogisms and enthymemes can be understood as units of thought—that is, ways of articulating the relationships between ideas.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith


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