diction
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But he behaved as if he’d spent a childhood surviving hardscrabble East Coast streets and was scornful of bourgeois diction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
He sings with an unusual drawl that connects to the diction of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, and his compact melodies and tightly structured chord progressions put his voice and lyrics in the foreground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Not helping matters were the show’s taped introductions to the segments—breathy readings, delivered with mushy diction, of incomprehensible poems by Monty Richthofen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
An American Shakespearean who can hold his own with the Brits, he combines mellifluous diction with muscular imagination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
Our parents had drilled into us the importance of using proper diction, of saying “going” instead of “goin’” and “isn’t” instead of “ain’t.”
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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