| Long-winded (5) |
Puzzler |
08 Sep 2025 |
| Verbose way to do wry version of it (5) |
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| Like an essay in need of editing, maybe |
Universal |
14 May 2025 |
| Not written with "less is more" in mind |
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| Prolix argument given up: deny losing directions (5) |
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| Upcoming argument duly lacking in substance and full of verbosity (5) |
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| Verbose |
New York Times Mini |
30 Dec 2024 |
| Garrulous (5) |
Puzzler |
28 Jun 2024 |
| Rambling, as an essay |
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| Verbose and rowdy after exchanges (5) |
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| Overly verbose |
New York Times Mini |
23 Nov 2023 |
| Long-winded (5) |
Puzzler |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Excessively descriptive |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2023 |
| Hardly succinct |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Far from terse |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Dec 2021 |
| Like “a majority of,” relative to “most” |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jun 2020 |
| Hardly terse |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2018 |
| Verbose |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Nov 2018 |
| Inclined to ramble |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2018 |
| Inclined to ramble |
The Washington Post |
25 May 2018 |
| Loquacious |
The Guardian Speedy |
21 Jan 2018 |
| Inclined to ramble |
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| Hardly terse |
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| Verbose |
The Times Concise |
06 Dec 2017 |
| Verbose |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2017 |
| Verbose |
The Washington Post |
10 Jul 2017 |
| Long-winded |
Universal |
25 May 2017 |
| Long-winded |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2017 |
| Prolix |
Universal |
20 Jan 2017 |
| Prolix |
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| Verbose |
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| Long-winded |
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| Loquacious |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Nov 2016 |
| Circumlocutory |
New York Times |
22 Jul 2016 |
| Long-winded |
USA Today |
14 Mar 2016 |
| Needing editing |
Universal |
17 Jan 2016 |
| Needing editing |
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| Circumlocutory |
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| Verbose |
Thomas Joseph |
25 May 2015 |
| Verbose |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Mar 2015 |
| Verbose |
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| Verbose |
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| Sorely in need of editing |
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| Fond of using paragraphs when a sentence will do |
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| Prolix |
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| Prolix |
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| Rambling |
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| Verbose |
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| Rambling |
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| Rambling |
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| Verbose |
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| Prolix |
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| Verbose |
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| Verbose |
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| Longwinded |
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| Sorely in need of editing |
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| Sorely in need of editing |
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| Hardly terse |
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| Hardly terse |
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| Long, in a way |
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| Long, in a way |
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| Going on and on |
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| Long-winded |
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| Prolix |
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| Verbose |
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| Verbose. |
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| Long-winded. |
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| Prolix |
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| Prolix. |
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| Definitely not terse. |
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