discursive
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Some storylines do emerge from the discursive dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
The coin of the realm on such shows is small-talk riffing and discursive, big-ideas bullshitting, and he excelled at neither.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2025
Fans of Nunez’s tartly discursive yet flowing novel will likely miss the snap of its critical observations on literary mind-sets and whatnot.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025
Its sprawling a-star-is-born anecdotes seem to find their natural form in the towering performer’s 48-plus hours of discursive, disarming and often gloriously off-the-cuff narration.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024
The theory of signs originates in the law, and signs are treated as if they speak because court cases are discursive performances.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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