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recital

noun

Definition of recital

as in recitation

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Recent Examples of recital The film’s story is said to follow a young dancer at an elite ballet school who finally earns the lead in a prestigious recital, but her focus is shattered by a family tragedy. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 July 2026 Kafka Fragments Finnish soprano Anu Komsi and her husband Sakari Oramo perform this hauntingly beautiful recital as part of celebrations to mark György Kurtág’s 100th birthday. — Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 23 July 2026 The team’s recital of the pre-match national anthem almost acted like a referendum on each player’s patriotism. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026 My son sang the national anthem at the Sixers game, and my daughter had her first vocal recital at 5 years old. — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for recital

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Noun

The poor, sweet, innocent angel of a chef, who was so proud to be able to share his menu with his world leader guests, only for Grace to stalk away mid-recitation?

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
His trailblazing act had been reduced to a joyless recitation of his legal entanglements.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of recitation

Noun

Users can scroll through webpages, pinch to zoom in on photos, drag and drop slides between presentations, and move windows around the screen using touch gestures.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
This year was the first time Lorena Silva and her sisters put together their own presentation at Hollywood Forever, after collaborating with their aunt for the previous eight years.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of presentation

Noun

Now, every prospective voter must first complete an enumeration form, and many may subsequently be required to produce onerousdocumentary evidence, such as birth certificates and educational records to establish their eligibility to vote.

— Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
Constraints, enumerations and referential integrity are miserable work for a person in front of an open gearbox.

— Julien Vantyghem, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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Instead of Billy bookcases, there’s a gorgeous office—a symphony of cypress surfaces—that Frank Lloyd Wright created for a department-store mogul.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Great part was my wife was in complete symphony on it instantly, and that actually was a wonderful bonding moment.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of symphony

Noun

The beauty of the record lies in how these loops slowly diffract over their runtime, becoming subtly reformed over each repetition.

— Henry Ivry, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
For first-time voter and U-M Dearborn freshman Xander Thomson, the repetition is having the opposite effect.

— Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of repetition

Noun

The results suggest that manufacturers could shorten a costly production stage without sacrificing the battery performance measured during testing.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
In Sguros’ five years with the police department, his performance and behaviors on the job had been scrutinized repeatedly, personnel and internal department records obtained by the South Florida Sun Sentinel this week show.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of performance

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Kim Jong Chol, the older brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was coming to London to attend an Eric Clapton concert, and Thae, who was then stationed in London, was assigned to look after him.

— Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
The music school Toki Rapa Nui, co-founded by classical pianist Mahani Teave, offers occasional concerts and guided visits of its sustainable Earthship building, which is shaped like an eight-petal flower.

— Mark Johanson, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026

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