verbose

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In another, a patient reporting a headache was given a verbose response that said the patient could have anything from something minor to a brain tumor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

On Thursday, the world witnessed a new, verbose chapter in those efforts: Mr. Putin’s two-hour interview, taped in a gilded hall at the Kremlin, with one of America’s most prominent and most divisive conservative commentators.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

James was less verbose Tuesday after the win over the Raptors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024

ChatGPT uses its vast database to identify related text that it can string together in prose that is grammatically correct, turgid, exceptionally verbose, and devoid of any understanding of the question or its answer.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2023

His overly verbose answers to questions at town-hall forums and campaign debates seemed only to drive home the point that he belonged on the Senate floor.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama