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speaking

adjective as in talking

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Weak match

adjective as in expressive

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"Every day in the Baltic, there's suspicious activity," a Nato official told the BBC, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

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At a news conference earlier in the day on Tuesday, Greene said she is speaking up on behalf of Epstein's survivors.

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Even now, as Master Gogolev gorged himself on food and self-pity, son and father sat in Lord Fredrick’s taxidermy-filled study only one floor below, speaking of Switzerland, wallpaper, and baby names.

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And speaking of the children, I so long to meet them!

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“I estimate five,” said Cassiopeia, who believed it was important to be accurate when speaking about numbers.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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