oratory

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as in speech
the art of speaking in public eloquently and effectively a presidential hopeful with a gift for oratory and a highly charismatic personality

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Recent Examples of oratory One source of Trump’s instinctive, inimitable political talent is that, for him, oratory and advertisement are entirely coeval domains. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024 He was not limited to a single playing field either in sports (baseball, basketball, and football) or the arts (acting, oratory, and singing). Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024 Rather oddly, for a film celebrating oratory in the Arabic language and in a particular Sudanese vernacular, the end credits feature a song in French: a language foreign to Sudanese people. Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 12 Sep. 2024 Obama made his name with soaring oratory about a collective opportunity to fulfill America’s promise and a memoir that was deeply introspective about his role in that fight. Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for oratory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oratory
Noun
  • West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin’s shows were known for the walk and talk, but Sheridan favors the stop and talk, where one of his squinty-eyed, seen-it-all stand-ins launches into a speech.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
  • In Tuesday’s speech, Trump blamed the surge on his Democratic predecessor.
    Steve Peoples, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But new and legacy spending ambitions continue unabated, as Congress—despite the GOP’s small-government rhetoric—has long capitulated to progressive aims.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • And now, as layoffs on the federal government rise, business confidence falls, and economic forecasts weaken, Wall Street—long used to Trump's market-friendly rhetoric—is being told by the president to embrace the volatility as part of a longer-term strategy.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The recordings also capture Bell’s family background in elocution (his father, grandfather, and brother all taught the subject).
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The Bartlet staff’s righteous (and self-righteous) elocution might seem — to the cynical — sentimental, treacly, smarmy, or just eye-roll-inducingly dumb.
    Lizzie Logan, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2024
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  • Graduate programs must preserve aspects of that model while incorporating internship or experiential learning opportunities, media training, public speaking, broader writing skillsets, project management and entrepreneurship.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The other popular fears on the list included public speaking, crowded spaces, fire, and dentists.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Oratory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oratory. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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