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tone

[tohn] / toʊn /






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For instance, AI trained on a company’s communications can now draft thousands of fluent, on-brand messages that imitate an executive’s tone or reference current events pulled from public data.

From The Wall Street Journal

A different president could bring another shift in tone, even if U.S. and European political priorities never again converge as closely as in the postwar decades.

From The Wall Street Journal

When communicating what you think might be unwelcome news, your tone is as important as the content.

From MarketWatch

The image shows the assistant completely upside down in an acrobatic posture, with a funny expression on his face, creating a photograph with a comical tone.

From BBC

Hollywood types often strike a snarky and condescending tone when they peer down the ladder at the low rungs of show business—an excellent example is the 2017 comedy “The Disaster Artist.”

From The Wall Street Journal