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Recent Examples of public speaking
Just days earlier, Erika’s husband had been assassinated during a public speaking event in Utah.
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Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2025
Many communities also host teen entrepreneur pitch competitions that combine public speaking with business skills.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
This includes helping connect consumers to dairy farm families through media interviews, classroom visits and public speaking events.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
As the leading voice in the romantasy (romance + fantasy) literary genre, her author events and public speaking engagements draw thousands of fans who often line up many hours in advance.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
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Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2025
Many communities also host teen entrepreneur pitch competitions that combine public speaking with business skills.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
This includes helping connect consumers to dairy farm families through media interviews, classroom visits and public speaking events.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
As the leading voice in the romantasy (romance + fantasy) literary genre, her author events and public speaking engagements draw thousands of fans who often line up many hours in advance.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public speaking
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Federal prosecutors argued in opening statements that the messages went beyond angry rhetoric or political speech and represented a deliberate attempt to solicit violence against a federal law enforcement official.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The European Union’s defense commissioner raised the prospect of a 100-thousand strong European army in a January speech, an idea previously dismissed as unworkable and political unacceptable in the bloc.—
Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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His toughness, off-the-cuff oratory skills and preference for coaching defense all come from the man whose traits were forged in a northeastern Pennsylvania town his family has called home for more than a century.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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King’s ability to take ideas from White preachers’ bland sermons and convert them to stirring oratory was part of his genius, Miller says.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
18 Jan. 2026
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As Sweden’s canon debate attests, such rhetoric remains part of the global right-wing playbook.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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But his other harsh rhetoric in relation to the Arctic territory and NATO allies is still reverberating across the alliance.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Public speaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20speaking. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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