verbosity
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Bronner inherited his verbosity and gumption from his grandfather, Emanuel Bronner, who originally crammed all-caps, feel-good credos onto the labels of his soap bottles in the 1940s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The previous record-holder was President Clinton, famously known for his Southern-twang verbosity.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
It will also let developers decide their AI's style of tone and verbosity.
From Reuters • Mar. 15, 2023
“These days I wear my body like an uninvited guest,” she sings on the verse, her fleet-footed verbosity conveying a sense of itchy anxiety.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022
An aristocratic minister, speaking at Edinburgh soon after, estimated the number of words in Mr. Gladstone's Midlothian speeches in 1879 at 85,840, and declared that his verbosity had become “a positive danger to the commonwealth.”
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John
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