acceptance speech

noun

: a speech given by someone receiving an award or prize

Examples of acceptance speech in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Earlier this month, the Rock Hall announced all the musicians who would participate in Osbourne’s musical tribute, which followed Jack Black’s speech inducting the artist as a solo artist and Osbourne’s acceptance speech. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024 After all, Bey-and-Tay moments have been reliable magnets for attention since the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when Kanye West famously interrupted an acceptance speech by Swift to declare that Beyoncé deserved the prize for best female video. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024 Combs originally announced his pledge during his acceptance speech at the BET Awards in 2022 while receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award. Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2024 But the former president is unlikely to convey a unifying message, at least for long, if his acceptance speech during the Republican National Convention in July, days after the shooting, is any indication. Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for acceptance speech 

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“Acceptance speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acceptance%20speech. Accessed 2 Nov. 2024.

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