articulation

Morrison’s articulation of the formative effects of trauma—both familial and historical—had a defining influence on the American imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

If you’ve ever skied in the afternoon light, when it’s difficult to see any articulation in the slope, just white everywhere you look, you can understand how having those points of reference would be helpful.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026

Rarely if ever have I heard a performance so crisp in articulation and lush in musicality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Carlaco’s articulation of linked fates “across race, across gender, across class” recalls the “race-class narrative” developed in 2018 by Anat Shenker-Osorio and Ian Haney López.

From Salon ● May 10, 2025

The audience seemed to have become one, its breathing and articulation synchronized.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

“He would just send me the craziest flamenco pieces and say, ‘Transcribe this, learn these articulations, learn these runs, and next week you will sing it in front of me.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

While pertinent, these spelled-out articulations ring like segments from a lecture crammed into the crevices of an overstuffed plot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

The researchers envision stringing together even more actuators in parallel arrays so they can produce both very fine and very forceful articulations on the macro scale.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023

Concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef’s playing was especially beautiful in its aching solo stretches, her articulations brimming with character, as well as the suite’s thrilling closing climb.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022

The tempo and rhythm are not affected by articulations; the staccato notes sound shorter than written only because of the extra space between them.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones