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Recent Examples of recitation
But Wilson’s address was a profound, unprecedented, and welcome departure from the typical, staid, recitation of facts and figures.
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Steve Zeidman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
While some Americans are familiar with the major beats of Jan. 20, including the recitation of the presidential oath of office and presidential parade, many may not know that the Constitution goes into detail about when inauguration should happen, even down to the precise time.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
And the album’s remaining eight songs new music and soundscapes to go under Cantrell’s recitations.
—Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
But the documentary constitutes much more than a recitation of Ride’s credentials.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
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Steve Zeidman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
While some Americans are familiar with the major beats of Jan. 20, including the recitation of the presidential oath of office and presidential parade, many may not know that the Constitution goes into detail about when inauguration should happen, even down to the precise time.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
And the album’s remaining eight songs new music and soundscapes to go under Cantrell’s recitations.
—Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
But the documentary constitutes much more than a recitation of Ride’s credentials.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recitation
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The Brandon Goldberg Trio, featuring jazz bassist Vincent Dupont and drummer Aaron Kimmel, will be presented by the annual Miami International Piano Festival, which this season has hosted more than 20 live recitals by pianists from around the world.—
Steve Rothaus,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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Solo Kissin: Evgeny Kissin returns to perform a solo recital in Davies Symphony Hall as part of the San Francisco Symphony’s Great Performers Series.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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People who completed the 10 repetitions for each exercise easily for two consecutive sessions moved up to a harder version of the exercise.—
Kristen Fischer,
Health,
17 Apr. 2025
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He was inspired by the terse, concrete lines of Gertrude Stein and the repetition printmaking of Andy Warhol.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2025
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The text was pretty simple: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Mitre describes a type confusion vulnerability, also known as common weakness enumeration 843, as occurring when a resource such as a pointer or object is accessed by a resource using an incompatible type.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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Johnson heads downstate while facing a litany of impending financial challenges and uncertainty at the federal level.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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Americans face a litany of economic woes at the moment, and while tariffs are dominating the headlines, housing costs are a constant strain for workers—and thus for bosses too.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Recitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitation. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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