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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recitation
Noun
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Lasher had just come from his children’s piano recital, where his son had played a Chopin solo; Lasher’s list of endorsements is more like a symphony.
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Diana and Charles got dressed to the nines to go to a charity recital at Goldsmith Hall in London in March 1981.
Noun
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Complete 10–15 repetitions per leg.
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Despite decades of repetition, eating more carrots will not give you night vision.
Noun
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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.
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The drafts were messy, but, in reality, so, too, were the handwritten ones—their own version of chaos with arrows, enumerations, and strikethroughs.
Noun
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The declaration is famous for its list of 27 grievances — a litany of complaints that accounts for more than half of the document’s 1,320 words.
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Those deployments faced a litany of legal setbacks, including all the way up to the Supreme Court.
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“Recitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitation. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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