discourse
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The discourse is civil and the banter is friendly on this humid, overcast morning before Trump's visit, but such across-the-aisle political discussions are few and far between, residents say.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
He laments the absence of such discourse in the Villages; people either don't talk politics, he says, or only discuss it with those they know well or are certain to share their views.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
There are some stirrings in the public discourse that suggests the existence of a deep, untapped well of anger at the hyper-rich.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
Our Founding Fathers respected public discourse and public demonstrations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
A third principle is that indirect discourse is not always introduced with an expression like he said that or she thought that; sometimes it is implicit in the context.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing discourse
Othello
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Grade 11, List 3
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