RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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verbose

The editor shortened a verbose explanation without losing its meaning.
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An environmental history seminar asked students to explain a map they had created from fictional planning records. Nora's first draft was verbose, spending several paragraphs on the order in which she had opened the files before identifying the question her map addressed.
From Say It Clearly, Then Stop.
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