discursive

Example Sentences

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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

It may be true that at the discursive level there was a change in the way the president and the Mexican government talk about the drug trade.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

What changed in the years since the beginning of the #MeToo movement is the presumption that strong enough discursive pushback might indeed lead to actual banishment.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 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