: a speech given by someone receiving an award or prize
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Lacy said country artists once might have relegated explicit expressions of faith to the final song on an album or an awards acceptance speech.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2026 Each winner or winning team is given 60 seconds to give their acceptance speech.—Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Aug. 2026 Russia is not expected to submit it — especially after Zvyagintsev bravely used his Cannes acceptance speech to urge Putin to end the war.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
26 Aug. 2026 During her acceptance speech, Liu touched on her career in the sport, which began at 5 years old.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for acceptance speech