verbosity
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Bronner inherited his verbosity and gumption from his grandfather, Emanuel Bronner, who originally crammed all-caps, feel-good credos onto the labels of his soap bottles in the 1940s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Section 53.49 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code is a classic of lawyerly syntax and needless verbosity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2023
It will also let developers decide their AI's style of tone and verbosity.
From Reuters • Mar. 15, 2023
Or perhaps it's a matter of the principal characters having less dialogue, although the verbosity of Bob Odenkirk's con man has ramped up in recent episodes as his various personalities messily squish together.
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2022
But the integrity of the empire, safe from foes without, was threatened on either shore of St. George's Channel—by malignant treason on one side, and on the other by exuberant verbosity.
From Name and Fame A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
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Wonder
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