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Recent Examples of recitation
It was played in St. Peter’s Square at a nightly recitation of the rosary.
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Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
It was recorded from his hospital room and played in St. Peter's Square during the nightly recitation of the Rosary.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Francis' feeble voice, discernible through his labored breaths and in his native Spanish, was recorded Thursday from the hospital and broadcast to the faithful in St. Peter's Square who had gathered for the nightly recitation of the rosary prayer.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
These tasks include staunching blood, ignoring lies, returning books, paying fees and – quite often – combing out the lice, to name just a few from the recitation of fierce, loving gestures.
—Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
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Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
It was recorded from his hospital room and played in St. Peter's Square during the nightly recitation of the Rosary.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Francis' feeble voice, discernible through his labored breaths and in his native Spanish, was recorded Thursday from the hospital and broadcast to the faithful in St. Peter's Square who had gathered for the nightly recitation of the rosary prayer.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
These tasks include staunching blood, ignoring lies, returning books, paying fees and – quite often – combing out the lice, to name just a few from the recitation of fierce, loving gestures.
—Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recitation
Noun
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Nina Stemme, the Swedish soprano, gave a recital in Carnegie Hall.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 May 2025
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Their calendars sync up long enough — but only just — for a duo recital at Northwestern University, scheduled for April 21 after being deferred from January.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Thoughtful repetition and use of neutrals keep his rooms calm and inviting.—
Eleni N. Gage,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 May 2025
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For example, some parents may wonder if these behaviors are related to things like stimming (repetitive movement or sounds), echolalia (meaningless repetition of words), or self-regulation behaviors.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
12 May 2025
Noun
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This method, known as an enumeration attack, leads to $1.1 billion in fraud losses annually, comprising a significant share of overall global losses due to fraud, according to Visa.—
Sheila Chiang,
CNBC,
26 July 2024
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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
Noun
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This year alone will see a litany of new larger-than-life (and in many cases, larger than their predecessor sister ships) cruise ships traversing the world’s oceans.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
7 May 2025
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And the first season already has featured a litany of celebrity cameos, including Sarah Polley, Greta Lee, Anthony Mackie, Ron Howard, Olivia Wilde, Zac Efron, Johnny Knoxville, Ice Cube, Nicholas Stoller, and more.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
6 May 2025
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“Recitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitation. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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