acceptance speech

noun

: a speech given by someone receiving an award or prize

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Yet McGwire made sure to acknowledge Garrett, sitting at his table, during his acceptance speech at the College Baseball Night of Champions event, where McGwire entered the sport’s Hall of Fame. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026 There’s even a scene change to a jail common room, which shows a gray and disheveled Diddy tuning into 50’s acceptance speech. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2026 That Bad Bunny gave this song to Martin feels especially moving after the latter wrote a letter this past week praising the former’s Grammys acceptance speech. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026 As a Latino family of three watched his Grammys acceptance speech on a tiny vintage TV set, Bad Bunny approached them and gave one of his trophies from that night to a young boy. Jason Lamphier, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for acceptance speech

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