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Recent Examples of recitation
Foods of symbolic significance are consumed, while prayers and traditional recitations are performed.
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Chris Sims, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Howell walked out of the room when approached by officers, while another group of protestors then stood and picked up the recitation.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The application, the discipline, the serenity from the recitation of the daimoku helped Baggio overcome.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 June 2025
At Paul Revere Junior High, Russell won first place at a Shakespeare Festival for his sonnet recitation.
—Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
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Chris Sims, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Howell walked out of the room when approached by officers, while another group of protestors then stood and picked up the recitation.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The application, the discipline, the serenity from the recitation of the daimoku helped Baggio overcome.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 June 2025
At Paul Revere Junior High, Russell won first place at a Shakespeare Festival for his sonnet recitation.
—Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recitation
Noun
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In between that opening scene in 1996 and the closing episode set in 2022, the show moves back and forth along the timeline, tackling life events both big and small in this trio’s lives, from bar mitzvahs and failed interventions to child dance recitals and the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
22 Aug. 2025
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At dance recitals and school events, my parents were always there.—
Avalon Hester,
People.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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LaNasa echoed her friend’s concern while adding an ignorance of history will lead to its repetition.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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After each repetition, participants performed a grip strength task and an arrowhead flanker task to measure attention.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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No one needs an enumeration of all the positive effects of exercise, on health, on social connections, on self-esteem, or otherwise.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
12 Aug. 2025
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But first consider the majority of the text of the Declaration: a stirring enumeration of specific grievances by the American colonists against the British crown.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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Rostering seven former Tar Heels, headlined by starting quarterback Conner Harrell and playmaking safety Ja’Qurious Conley, the 49ers have added motivation with the litany of familiar faces donning Carolina blue who will take the visitor’s sideline under the lights at Richardson Stadium.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
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The invocation appears like a litany after every mass shooting — and the backlash is just as inevitable.—
Peter Smith,
Twin Cities,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Recitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitation. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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