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
Mr. Trump began by speaking in his usual discursive, dissembling manner.
From New York Times • May 31, 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
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