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Recent Examples of public speaking
Her writing and public speaking focus on wrongful convictions, storytelling, and personal transformation.
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Memoir Nation
may 19, Literary Hub, 19 May 2025
Professional athletes, like fine wines, only get better at public speaking with age.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Then, in a public speaking context, put those two as close together as possible.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
About 500 attendees showed up at Olive Peirce to support their favorites at the evening session of the pageant, where the young women were tested on their public speaking abilities, knowledge of current events and professional rodeo and evening wear.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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Memoir Nation
may 19, Literary Hub, 19 May 2025
Professional athletes, like fine wines, only get better at public speaking with age.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Then, in a public speaking context, put those two as close together as possible.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
About 500 attendees showed up at Olive Peirce to support their favorites at the evening session of the pageant, where the young women were tested on their public speaking abilities, knowledge of current events and professional rodeo and evening wear.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public speaking
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Over the years, JWoww has spoken up about Greyson’s autism diagnosis, sharing advice and celebrating his wins, like reading and speech improvement.—
Beth Sobol,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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Antisemitism has taken on a new mechanism: the deliberate failure to defend the rights of Jews by groups that properly speak out against attempts to suppress the rights — speech, academic freedom and assembly — of African-Americans, gays, transgender people and other minorities.—
Alan M. Dershowitz,
New York Daily News,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Hugo would likely have been repelled and fascinated by Trump’s demagoguery, his rambling mendacity, his grammatically illogical but easy-to-follow oratory.—
Graham Robb,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2025
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Her brand at the time was something like the Obama of the antipodes: a liberal media darling, icon of the global anti-Trump resistance, transitioning smoothly from lofty oratory to easygoing relatability.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Concerns over antisemitic rhetoric and vandalism didn’t even tighten the race.—
Sara Forman,
New York Daily News,
8 July 2025
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Trump also targeted Canada in his rhetoric, suggesting the country could become the 51st state in the U.S.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
8 July 2025
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“Public speaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20speaking. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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