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as in lecture
a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience
the guest of honor gave a short speech in appreciation of the award
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as in language
the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
wanting to develop a writing system for his people, Sequoya created a system of 86 symbols representing all the syllables of Cherokee speech
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Recent Examples of speech
The same demand was a cornerstone of Paxton’s victory speech.
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
But shortly into his speech, the fashion designer ripped up his notecard and revealed the words were a gimmick, before launching into his own take on the importance of authenticity in art and design.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
Continue reading … OPINION DOUGLAS MACKINNON — Pete Hegseth’s anti-DEI speech at West Point is a template to save American lives.
—FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
Los Altos hosts its seventh annual Juneteenth Festival, with rum punch, beer and wine alongside speeches, dance performances, art, music, food and vendors.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
But shortly into his speech, the fashion designer ripped up his notecard and revealed the words were a gimmick, before launching into his own take on the importance of authenticity in art and design.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
Continue reading … OPINION DOUGLAS MACKINNON — Pete Hegseth’s anti-DEI speech at West Point is a template to save American lives.
—FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
Los Altos hosts its seventh annual Juneteenth Festival, with rum punch, beer and wine alongside speeches, dance performances, art, music, food and vendors.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speech
Noun
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In college while studying developmental psychology, a professor pointed out during a lecture that infants learn language by hearing it.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
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But another way to interpret this lecture, and indeed much of Anthropic’s work as a company, is as a warning from the people who are closest to this strange new technology, and who can see where it is headed.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
22 May 2026
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The catalog runs to more than 400 Chinese-language, 200 English-language and 50 Korean titles spanning variety, reality and comedy.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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His novels have been translated into twenty different languages.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Peace talks face a key hurdle in Tehran’s insistence on keeping enriched uranium stockpile within the country and levying tolls for passage via the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
25 May 2026
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Further talks are expected over a longer term deal.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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Adding complexity, these disparate systems don’t always use the same vocabulary.—
Sarah Jones,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
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Each has its own vocabulary, grammar, and intellectual flavor.—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
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The backstory Opened in 1970 as the first Four Seasons outside Canada, this Park Lane address remains one of the brand’s most significant properties.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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Those ingredients stayed, and when Harris joined other aspects came to the front of the story, like going back to her old address and the issue of friendship.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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Her name was on the tip of many tongues.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2026
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Jurado noted that tongues of salt water are already encroaching into some of the freshwater areas of South Florida.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
23 May 2026
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Though the speech was likely written by the government—in keeping with long-standing tradition that the monarch speaks for the government during high-profile oration—the king did find a way to put his own flair on a few of the jokes, and got plenty of laughs from Congress.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
29 Apr. 2026
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And Edward Norton tried to see McKellen’s poetry and raise him an even more on-the-nose piece of oration.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Many older residents speak not just Italian and Croatian, but also a local dialect derived from Old Venetian and Old Croatian.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
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“Speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speech. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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