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verbosity

[ver-bos-i-tee] / vərˈbɒs ɪ ti /


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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 differences, of course, are my unimpeachable taste and my extreme verbosity, neither of which I make any apology for.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024

It will also let developers decide their AI's style of tone and verbosity.

From Reuters • Mar. 15, 2023

Or perhaps it's a matter of the principal characters having less dialogue, although the verbosity of Bob Odenkirk's con man has ramped up in recent episodes as his various personalities messily squish together.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2022

The style is too generally loose, digressive and inexact; dates are seldom given; and discursiveness, verbosity and dogmatism are frequent faults.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various




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