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Recent Examples of recitation
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker deviated from the usual recitation of facts at this year’s State of the City address and instead chose to highlight the stories of individual residents.
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2025
More than a dozen early cases generally upheld laws and policies mandating their recitation in schools.
—Lydia Artz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Just as there are many productions of Ibsen’s A Doll House, and each is unique to the actors and theatre performing it, every recitation of a book is a singular performance.
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 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
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2025
More than a dozen early cases generally upheld laws and policies mandating their recitation in schools.
—Lydia Artz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Just as there are many productions of Ibsen’s A Doll House, and each is unique to the actors and theatre performing it, every recitation of a book is a singular performance.
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recitation
Noun
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Pianist Danae Dörken will perform an all-Bach recital.—
La Jolla Light,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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But that didn't stop the 24-year-old from creating dances with her sisters at family events – like a recent gathering in Dayton that became an impromptu recital for Warren's granddad.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
31 Oct. 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
Noun
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An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's litany of conflicts.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Odessa A’zion joined a litany of A-listers for Nominees Night, hosted by The Hollywood Reporter and Spotify as part of Golden Week, on Thursday in Los Angeles, donning a hairdo much tamer than her typical style.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Recitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitation. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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