recitation

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Recent Examples of recitation What the book is not is a recitation of big games and important goals. Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026 Islamic education can include Quranic studies and recitation as well as curriculum on Islamic principles, Carroll said. Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026 The judge launched into a recitation of the jury's obligations. CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026 Jackson turned the recitation into a call‑and‑response chant, often delivered with groups of children or large crowds. Diana Leyva, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 17 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recitation
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Noun
  • Khloé gave her daughter her flowers at True's dance recital in 2024.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Julia Stiles Actually Cried While Filming One of the film’s most emotional moments — Kat’s poem recital — was captured in just two takes, Stiles told Bustle in January 2025.
    Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Pacheco emphasized that repetition and exposure are key to building confidence and connections.
    Alyssa Ferro-Lloret, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Second-year quarterback Will Howard was expected to take a majority of the first-team repetitions with the offense during the camp that runs until Wednesday.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The set of 10 developed as the standard enumeration in the Haggadah, the liturgical text of Passover, which was first compiled in the early centuries of the Common Era and redacted toward the end of the first millennium.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Anything that was anti-Jewish—a story about exclusion, an obstacle that hadn’t come down, a disapproving enumeration of supposedly Jewish traits—was possibly more fascinating.
    Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Despite the litany of charges and past convictions, Rodriguez was released from jail multiple times while living in sanctuary cities, federal authorities said.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • There are a litany of legislative proposals seeking to rein in prediction markets.
    Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026

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“Recitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitation. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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