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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
After all, if words are the weapons of oppression, then isn’t an evangelical Republican giving a speech just an armed and dangerous enemy?
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Michael Graham, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
On the same day as Robinson's arrest, Erika Kirk gave a speech, marking her first public appearance since the murder of her husband.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
About 50 students gathered for the outdoor event, featuring speeches and prayer.
—Matthew Cupelli, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
Bastian often mentions this experience in commencement speeches to encourage graduates that their futures are unlimited.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
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Michael Graham, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
On the same day as Robinson's arrest, Erika Kirk gave a speech, marking her first public appearance since the murder of her husband.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
About 50 students gathered for the outdoor event, featuring speeches and prayer.
—Matthew Cupelli, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
Bastian often mentions this experience in commencement speeches to encourage graduates that their futures are unlimited.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speech
Noun
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The telephone talks come as the world’s two biggest economies seek to find a compromise on tariffs.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Poland has said that Russian drones attempted to violate its airspace again, only days after another encroachment prompted Warsaw to call on NATO to hold urgent security talks.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The usual way to craft programming code entails the handwriting of source code, often using a conventional programming language such as Python, C++, and other popular coding languages.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Having sat with Jones in their home studio, Ronson understood the language of digital sound meters, tape machines and knobs and faders, as well as the importance of reading the room.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Your voice, your choice to engage with respect rather than contempt, your decision to listen rather than lecture—these aren't small acts.—
Margie Warrell,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Earhart would execute a stunt flight, write a book about it, and then go on a lecture tour.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The answer is to read more, in conjunction with expanding one’s vocabulary.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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The consensus narrative of institutional finance has become so detached from empirical reality that diagnosing the problem requires abandoning its vocabulary for the precision of mathematics.—
Benjamin D. Summers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In fact, its filing lists 10 prize winners among the 20 largest unsecured creditors, although the names and addresses of those winners are redacted.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Arlington, Virginia, address on the website led the duo to just a mailbox.—
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Quickly push the pill to the back of the cat’s tongue and let go.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
15 Sep. 2025
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At the time, Bates did not hold her tongue about losing the show.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His orations of statistics, stories, and argumentative persuasion at colleges were energetic, frictious, and necessary to unshackle us from grievance and tribalism.—
Alex Rosado,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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But behind the world’s fastest-growing businesses is a quieter form of leadership—one that privileges operations over oration, systems over showmanship, and execution over ego.—
Brent Gleeson,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Gullah Creole is a mix of Southern and [some other] dialects.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Another study by the University of California-Berkeley found ChatGPT responses reinforce dialect discrimination.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speech. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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