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as in talk
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
Among the Republican lawmakers who sat behind Mace during her speech to show their support were Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Anna Paulina Luna of Florida.
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CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
Instead of giving a traditional speech, the father of the bride decided to perform a special song.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
And there was attention paid during the speeches both to the improbable fact that an offshoot of the group, Dead & Company, is still out there playing, 60 years after the original group’s formation, even as Weir acknowledged absences at the dais.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
How To Watch The speech will be broadcasted live at 5 p.m. CT on Nexstar television stations and their websites across Texas.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
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CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
Instead of giving a traditional speech, the father of the bride decided to perform a special song.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
And there was attention paid during the speeches both to the improbable fact that an offshoot of the group, Dead & Company, is still out there playing, 60 years after the original group’s formation, even as Weir acknowledged absences at the dais.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
How To Watch The speech will be broadcasted live at 5 p.m. CT on Nexstar television stations and their websites across Texas.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speech
Noun
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The documentary also featured Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, and Michael Flynn, who resigned in 2017 over false statements about talks with Russia's ambassador.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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OpenAI, which has been on a yearslong money-raising frenzy, is said to be in talks with the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank for an investment of up to $25 billion.—
Cecilia Kang,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Academy didn’t seem to mind, awarding the film 13 Oscar nods, the most for any non-English language film in history.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
8 Feb. 2025
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During its time of suspension, Thomas said the district along with the cities and law enforcement agencies, wrote letters in support of SROs to the legislature requesting to change language in the law to be able to bring back SROs into schools to ensure students and staff safety.—
Jacqueline Devine,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Not only did the experts provide lectures, but guests could reserve dinner with them or have chat with them in the lounge.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The anniversary of the landmark building has inspired parties, lectures, special tours and other celebrations.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The distinct local vocabulary is sprinkled with Guaraní, an Indigenous language widely spoken in neighboring Paraguay.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
The New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2025
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Pulp Fiction might be the dictionary of his cinematic vocabulary, offering insights into the language of his other works.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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The information is shared with the police and other offices and also announced over the public address system.—
Atul Loke,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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Please include your name, address and town of residence for publication.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Aaliyah Edwards might not be the first name that rolls off the tongue when listing off former UConn women’s basketball players.—
Staff And Wire Reports,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2025
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The story ends up focusing not on the man who could not remain silent, but on a man who held his tongue.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As a baseline, Chris Hayes points to Abraham Lincoln’s debates with Stephen A. Douglas, in the eighteen-fifties: three-hour exchanges of orations about a momentous topic, slavery.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Before his assassination at age 39 on April 4, 1968, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate spent a decade giving fearless orations and profound insights that continue to inspire generations, all deserving attention and consideration.—
Lydia Price,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Director Brady Corbet denied the allegations, saying that stars Adrian Brody and Felicity Jones worked for months with a dialect coach to perfect their characters’ Hungarian accents, and that only the Hungarian portions of the film were adjusted manually using Respeecher technology.—
Zoe G. Phillips,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Feb. 2025
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In his interview with Red Shark News, Jancsó said AI was used to tweak certain parts of the Hungarian dialect spoken by stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones in The Brutalist for the sake of accuracy.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speech. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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