discursive

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Cross John McEnroe with Ratso Rizzo and you’ll have some idea of whom you’ll be spending this long, discursive trip with.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

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

“Cordially” is a little too jumpy for its own good, but its discursive heart is in the right place for these grievous times.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Leith’s way of talking about music is a lot like his actual music: blurry and discursive, but also precisely evocative.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

It should be obvious that facts can both be unquestionable and only have meaning within certain discursive conventions: e.g.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton