enunciate
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Compassionate means you care about people and the policies you enunciate help people .
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
The coordinator, too, wants Howell to “over-communicate” and enunciate clearly so that teammates don’t miss a word, Howell says.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2023
He doesn't think screen acting has changed much over the decades but he does have a grumble about "mumbling" - actors who fail to enunciate their lines.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2023
As with “queer,” she’s out to enunciate all the meanings and manifestations of “freedom” that our current conversation obscures.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
Actually, I first called them “Hamma” and “Hampaw” because I was only three years old and couldn’t enunciate my gs.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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Slightly jarring, for instance, is seeing Jack Nicholson erupt on the witness stand in a “A Few Good Men” while his mouth enunciates perfect French.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2021
Through what she was saying, I came to realize that the way she speaks is actually intentional—she enunciates as if she’s on stage giving a performance.
From Slate ● May 4, 2021
He enunciates like a dressed-up Dylan on "Mother of Pearl," and cranks up the exaggeration on the Brechtian, funk-smeared proto-post-punk of "She Sells."
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2018
But here’s the thing: When he speaks, he enunciates down to the soul of every single letter.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2018
"Love," Yo enunciates, letting the full force of the word loose in her mouth.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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With free shipping! — but if Prime Video hasn’t yet enunciated as clear a brand identity as competitors like Disney+, it remains part of an attractive package deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
Wisher and Gaines handed off selections of the text to perform as spoken-word solos; at other junctures, they echoed each other, or enunciated identical phrases in phasing patterns.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2023
“Jamie Lee Curtis,” producer DeVon Franklin enunciated loudly into the mic.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
There is a rhetorical technique called a Gish gallop in which a debater simply tosses out as many arguments — true, half true, untrue — as can be enunciated within the allotted time.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2022
“Quite well,” he enunciated; and, with a bow, he left the gate.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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She would sit with me for hours on the couch, pointing to words in books and magazines, and patiently enunciating them, bantering with me in an inexhaustible volley of puns, spoonerisms and goofy double entendres.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 12, 2023
An LDS church spokesman later said the organization was not endorsing specific legislation but rather Mr. Bednar was enunciating “guiding principles” on the matter.
From Washington Times ● May 26, 2022
Students in the small, remote community of Estancia, N.M., were enthusiastically engaged in a vocabulary lesson, enunciating words with a “bossy r,” as well as homophones and homonyms, and spelling them on white boards.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
I’ll ask a question, and the genial Branagh will answer with a polite earnestness, enunciating every word with peerless precision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
“Do you know Miss Wren?” she said, enunciating loudly.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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