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orating

verb

present participle of orate

as in speaking

to talk as if giving an important and formal speech given the opportunity, many politicians will orate at considerable length on just about any subject

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as in lecturing

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject the respected anthropologist is expected to orate about her latest research findings before a packed auditorium

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An OpenAI agent infiltrated an Australian government website in June, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said when speaking to reporters at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026
But when speaking to CFOs about financial impact, the conversation can turn awkward.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 23 Sep. 2026

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Especially for him in the same interview to be lecturing my party on democracy and norms.

— NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
Before long, at the height of France’s own student protests, in 1968, Ascherson was lecturing at the Sorbonne on post-Stalinist revolutionary ideas and tactics.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

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And the conversations between Anna and Molly, Ella and Julia (Ella’s friend and a counterpart of Molly), as well as the stammering and declaiming when Anna talks to herself, are almost always about men.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
More often, though, Tallent demonstrates his characters’ precarity rather than declaiming about it.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026

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Meanwhile, Murphy’s staff had increasingly been talking internally about the need for members to support athlete labor rights and for college sports to have a players’ association, at the very least, if not a union.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Thomas, 56, of Algonquin, said in talking to voters, people in the district are concerned about taxes and safety.

— David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

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During testimony this week, Warsh sought to emphasize his independence from the White House, which was called into question after months of Trump haranguing Powell over interest rates.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Benatia got a three-month suspension for haranguing a fourth official.

— Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026

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