articulation

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Rarely if ever have I heard a performance so crisp in articulation and lush in musicality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

That's closely akin relates to my own 2021 proposal that public health — framed as a collective articulation of caring — could play a similar role:

From Salon • May 10, 2025

The idea of the unitary executive theory and the articulation of it arose around the time that Ronald Reagan was elected president.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

The phrase “circle of grief” was my own silent articulation for this communal stopping ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2024

To give you some idea of the difference that articulation makes, though, here are audio examples of a violin playing a legato54 and a staccato55 passage.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones