as in speech
a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience the celebrated orations of Daniel Webster in unwavering support of the federal union

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Recent Examples of oration In 1982, Fulbright’s alma mater (and my own), the University of Arkansas, held a ceremony renaming its College of Arts and Sciences after him, with an oration by the economist John Kenneth Galbraith. Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021 Some Union soldiers attended the event, and two Union officers delivered orations, each focusing on the topic of reconciliation between the honorable foes. Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025 Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Sen. Cory Booker's impassioned oration against the policies of President Trump's administration — with the help of multiple fellow Democrats — didn't just break the record for the longest Senate floor speech in history. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 Apr. 2025 Booker’s speech was a wide-ranging protest One unusual element of Booker’s oration is that it was not focused on just one narrow issue. Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oration
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    Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • In his keynote speech, Guisa presented statistics that illustrated the advantages of genre pics, specifically horror, in the worldwide market.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 25 June 2025

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“Oration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oration. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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