prose
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A significant subset of them are formulaic in style—expository, structured, smooth, coherent and impersonal, traits that overlap with AI-generated prose.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
At times, however, the prose can feel overstuffed, as if mirroring the abundance of the dictionary it celebrates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The research suggests AI writing’s fluency and professionalism can be misread as credibility, warning companies against equating prose quality with case quality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
“It writes with absolute, unwavering confidence but strips out all specific, concrete details, resulting in prose that sounds authoritative but evaporates the moment you try to extract actual meaning from it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Writers acquire their technique by spotting, savoring, and reverse-engineering examples of good prose.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.