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articulate

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






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Audrey says she was struck by how precisely he expressed feelings she herself had struggled to articulate.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

One early goal was to clearly identify and articulate their mission and north star, which is to “connect people, data and applications quickly, securely and effortlessly,” he noted.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

It’s hard to articulate exactly what Woke 1 is or, I suppose, was.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

"But if we don't put a dollar amount on the services -- or at least articulate those services -- they get perceived as not existing."

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

It grossed me out in a way I couldn’t really articulate.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

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

But it articulates the logic hovering around the episode: If Americans can be taught to eat correctly, perhaps they will require less care — and perhaps the government can spend less providing it.

From Salon Aug. 5, 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

Zamaraeva and Artem Kureev, the editor in chief of African Initiative, dispute the suggestion that “African Dawn” articulates genocidal themes, pointing out that the original game revolved around Nazi Germany’s attempt to dominate the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2025

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

But while the settlement sidesteps any admission of wrongdoing by the company, it does compel Meta to combat problems few parents knew existed, in terms far starker than those it has articulated before.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

But despite the pessimism frequently articulated by bearish investors, year after year, stock prices in recent decades have generally powered higher.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

Wang also "articulated China's solemn position regarding a series of negative words and actions by the US side", the statement said, without referring to specific issues.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

I could not have articulated this, not as I sweated through those searing afternoons in the forklift.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The new prime minister looked at ease making an argument and articulating his political creed.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

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

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

From Barron's May 5, 2026

He left a peerless catalogue of songs articulating the life of working class Irish immigrants, with tales of finding love in the slums littered with references to literature, mythology and the Bible.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

I remember believing that the key to all life lay in articulating the precise difference between “the Black Aesthetic” and “Negritude.”

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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