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Recent Examples of recitation
But now that he’s seen countless more political, ethical, and moral failures in the years since — and despite his best efforts to speak truth to power — there’s a wariness to Lee’s recitations of infuriating facts and figures.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
Swift and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, laughed at that before Jason Kelce launched into a recitation of her many awards and accolades, including being the first and only artist so far to win the album of the year Grammy four times.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
His Dune set diaries are one piece of proof; his recitation-off on The Late Show is another.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
The exec’s recitation appeared to surprise even his longtime colleagues on the video call.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 July 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
Swift and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, laughed at that before Jason Kelce launched into a recitation of her many awards and accolades, including being the first and only artist so far to win the album of the year Grammy four times.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
His Dune set diaries are one piece of proof; his recitation-off on The Late Show is another.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
The exec’s recitation appeared to surprise even his longtime colleagues on the video call.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recitation
Noun
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Last spring, Sweetwater turned over its stage for a recital by the nonprofit Enriching Lives Through Music (ELM), a music education program for underserved youth in San Rafael’s mostly Latino Canal neighborhood.—
Paul Liberatore,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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At three people died earlier this month when a building hosting a prayer recital collapsed in West Java.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The repetition of that mythic version has buttressed the belief that the fight for American independence was an event somehow separate from world history.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Recurring gags, like one with Madonna suddenly falling asleep mid-sentence, are surprising and therefore funny the first time they’re rolled out, and then less surprising and therefore less funny with each repetition.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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No one needs an enumeration of all the positive effects of exercise, on health, on social connections, on self-esteem, or otherwise.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
12 Aug. 2025
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But first consider the majority of the text of the Declaration: a stirring enumeration of specific grievances by the American colonists against the British crown.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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The legendary Public Enemy rapper and dating show debutante served as the guest judge on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Night, in which the eight remaining couples hit the floor with head-banging routines set to a litany of iconic anthems.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Nov. 2025
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Before, in between and since, a litany of decisions not made or gone wrong pockmarks the franchise.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Recitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitation. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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