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And texting might be just one of the ways our smartphones are affecting our chattiness: Our shortened attention spans might also make it harder to hold a conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

That chattiness has helped the Bucks dramatically improve their defense since his arrival in late January.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

Such a change might have been intended to prevent the model from sharing undesirable information but inadvertently ended up reducing the AI’s chattiness on the topic of prime numbers.

From Scientific American • Aug. 2, 2023

Jazz Singsanong, proprietor of another celebrity favorite, the venerable Jitlada restaurant in Thai Town, has found her own celebrity over the years, known for her colorful glasses and disarming chattiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2023

There was none of the earlier chattiness he’d been full of when Milkman arrived.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison