| Less wordy |
Premier Sunday |
06 Sep 2026 |
| Less wordy |
Universal |
03 Nov 2025 |
| More abrupt in language |
New York Times |
20 Oct 2025 |
| Less prolix |
New York Times |
17 Oct 2025 |
| Better sermons entail less rambling |
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| More succinct |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jan 2025 |
| More succinct or abrupt (6) |
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| Less verbose |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Less likely to ramble |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jul 2024 |
| More succinct |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2024 |
| Less verbose |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2022 |
| Less verbose |
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| Less verbose |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2022 |
| Less verbose |
USA Today |
02 Jan 2022 |
| Less wordy |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Dec 2021 |
| Less wordy |
Premier Sunday |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Less windy |
Newsday |
02 Jan 2021 |
| More to the point |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Less wordy |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2020 |
| More succinct |
USA Today |
03 Aug 2020 |
| Less verbose |
Universal |
24 Feb 2020 |
| Less long-winded |
Premier Sunday |
30 Sep 2018 |
| Clipped to a greater extent |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jul 2018 |
| Clipped to a greater extent |
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| Clipped to a greater extent |
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| More concise |
New York Times |
20 Dec 2017 |
| More concise |
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| More concise |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2016 |
| Like Hemingway vis-à-vis most other writers |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2016 |
| More compact |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2016 |
| Less verbose |
USA Today |
29 Apr 2016 |
| Not so wordy |
LA Times Daily |
17 Apr 2016 |
| Like Hemingway vis-à-vis most other writers |
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| More compact |
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| Rambling less |
Newsday |
28 Nov 2015 |
| Less inclined to ramble |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jan 2015 |
| Rambling less |
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| Less inclined to ramble |
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| Less wordy |
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| Less lengthy |
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| More to the point |
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| Not as wordy |
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| Not as long-winded |
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| More blunt and to the point |
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| More concise |
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| Less verbose |
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| Less rambling |
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| Less inclined to ramble |
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| More concise |
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| Using fewer words |
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| More short |
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| Comparatively compact |
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| Less verbose |
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| Comparatively clipped |
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| More to the point |
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| Not as longwinded |
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| Less wordy |
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| More to the point |
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| Tighter |
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| Tighter |
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| Not so verbose |
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| More like a saw? |
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| Less verbose |
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| Less windy |
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| Less long |
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| More succinct |
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| Not as long |
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| Not as windy |
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| More to the point |
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| Not as windy |
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| Less wordy |
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| More succinct |
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| More succinct |
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| More to the point |
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| More concise |
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| More to the point |
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| Less long-winded |
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| Less wordy |
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| More succinct |
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| More to the point |
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| Less long-winded |
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| Less verbose |
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| More concise |
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| Not as involved |
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| Not as involved |
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| Less prolix |
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| Knowledgeable |
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| More to the point |
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| More concise |
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| More breviloquent |
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| Less prolix |
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| Less verbose |
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| Briefer |
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| More apothegmatic |
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| More succinct |
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| More concise |
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| More compendious |
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| More pithy |
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| More succinct |
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| More laconic |
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| Shorter |
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| Not so verbose |
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| Less loquacious |
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| More succinct |
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| Not so prolix |
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| More compact |
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| Less prolix. |
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| More succinct. |
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| More pithy. |
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| More compact. |
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| More succinct |
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| Sententiously more concise. |
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