expressive
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An elegant woman gazes out from her portrait with expressive eyes, a gilded wreath worn in her hair and a gentle, questioning look on her face.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
“People are not used to seeing me be so expressive and especially over the years I’ve become a little bit more introverted,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"I'm not a very emotive or expressive person but I was absolutely blown away by it," he said, moments after seeing the tapestry.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
District Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California said in her decision that the government had illegally retaliated against Anthropic, deeming it a supply-chain risk “for constitutionally protected expressive activities.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
The faces were covered in purple patterns, tattooed in swirls of indigo, turning the dead faces into strange, expressive monstrous things.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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