expressiveness

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Definition of expressivenessnext
as in expression

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Recent Examples of expressiveness Users can customize not only the accent and gender of the voice assistant, but also the pace and expressiveness. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 Houston could soar within it because Parton imbued it with a musical and sentimental purity that made room for the enormity of her expressiveness. — Ann Powers, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026 Instead, the speakers who resonate most today are those who loosen up and embrace a more idiosyncratic, less perfect expressiveness. — Matt Abrahams, Time, 5 Aug. 2026 What expressiveness in the robot changed in participants was how their brains handled the moment. — Yigit Topoglu, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026 Users can now customize how Siri sounds through new pacing and expressiveness controls, while also interacting with the assistant through voice or text. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026 With the new upgrade, users can now even customize the expressiveness or pace of Siri’s voice. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 Through the various forces, a huge one of them being social media, there’s been a loss of expressiveness. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026 Despite us having just seen the episode where Reid performed this exact song, his vocals felt like they were shot out of a cannon — Reid has an unexpected control and expressiveness to his live singing voice that emphasizes the already theatrical lyrics and melody. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressiveness
  1. expression
  2. eloquence
  3. poetry
  4. rhetoric
Noun
  • Current facial recognition systems, originally developed for photographs, can compare faces despite differences in pose, lighting, expression, age, and image quality.
    — Karen Chernick, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Elaborate veils and rigid dress codes gradually gave way to more personal expressions of grief, while black dresses and tailoring became enduring wardrobe staples.
    — Livia Caligor, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of expression
Noun
  • What readers are saying The comments predominantly express admiration for former President Barack Obama, highlighting his eloquence, humor, and leadership qualities.
    — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Played by the six-foot-six David Prowse and voiced with eloquence and controlled rage by James Earl Jones, Vader is a force of inescapable menace throughout George Lucas’s Star Wars trilogy.
    — John Roy, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of eloquence
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  • Cadogan, a poetry lover, also worked with Laura Turner, creative producer at Beningbrough, to bring in a writer-in-residence.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • His poetry has been published in Nine Mile, Doubly Mad, Pulsebeat, and The Lyric, and elsewhere.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of poetry
Noun
  • Israel and Iran ramped up their rhetoric against one another, raising the prospect of a return to open conflict in the Middle East.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Israeli-American Council forcefully condemned his rhetoric as dangerous, dehumanizing hate speech.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of rhetoric

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“Expressiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressiveness. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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