as in presentation
informal
a fast utterance that someone has often said before and that is usually intended to persuade people to buy something, agree to something, etc.
I listened to the salesman's spiel but still refused to buy anything. He gave me a long spiel about the benefits of joining the club.
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His spiel recounted the destructiveness of the attack.
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Alex Traub, New York Times, 6 June 2024
And that’s on top of the standard spiel about the Doctor having two hearts and traveling through time and space in a police box.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 10 May 2024
Then Wilder followed up and gave her his modeling spiel.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 16 May 2024
Amazon breezed through the 70-minute spiel with very little ad-speak and a lot of talent.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
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Alex Traub, New York Times, 6 June 2024
And that’s on top of the standard spiel about the Doctor having two hearts and traveling through time and space in a police box.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 10 May 2024
Then Wilder followed up and gave her his modeling spiel.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 16 May 2024
Amazon breezed through the 70-minute spiel with very little ad-speak and a lot of talent.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
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“Spiel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiel. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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