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taciturn

[tas-i-turn] / ˈtæs ɪˌtɜrn /


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Or does the taciturn Tommy know more than he’s telling?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Many of the AI country tunes tap into the genre's archetype of the lone cowboy: a rugged, taciturn, plain-spoken man who, above all, refuses to apologize for simply existing.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The performance is taciturn and nonverbal; he’s got a mouthpiece in Will Patton’s folksy narration, but what Edgerton is doing is worth leaning in for, complex and fascinating.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Curry was extraordinarily good on the pitch and spectacularly taciturn in the aftermath.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

Samuel Walter McCandless, Jr., fifty-six years old, is a bearded, taciturn man with longish salt-and-pepper hair combed straight back from a high forehead.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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