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recitation

noun

Definition of recitation

as in recital

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Recent Examples of recitation After the grave was closed, the clergy then continued to say prayers and recitations from the Quran. — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026 The husband-wife duo of Dave Walker and Lois Hart anchored the first newscast with no fancy introduction, no mission statement, just an immediate recitation of the day’s headlines. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 May 2026 Despite her considerable experience in government, her responses lacked substance and were often composed mostly of recitations of her past actions in office. — Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026 The reader who pauses for breath, after this recitation of horrors, is soon rewarded by being plunged into a yet more catastrophic mire. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recitation

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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
Just barely sloppy enough for the Court of Appeals to conclude that the mere recital that the interests were held in TBE was not enough.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of recital

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Nothing is overly emphasized, but viewers who know the visual language of the show will recognize the repetition, like the second half of a rhyming couplet that completes this section of the story.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Early engines were still relatively easy to influence with obvious signals like keyword repetition, metadata, and submission tactics.

— Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of repetition

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Females, minors &c are excluded from the polls, but are included in the enumeration of persons on whom representation is apportioned.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
The drafts were messy, but, in reality, so, too, were the handwritten ones—their own version of chaos with arrows, enumerations, and strikethroughs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026

Definition of enumeration

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The litany of school shootings in the wake of Columbine includes Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook Elementary, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, and Robb Elementary.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
At the bottom of this scary litany of exposures was an inviting button labeled Begin Protection.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

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