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Recent Examples of recitation
Islamic education can include Quranic studies and recitation as well as curriculum on Islamic principles, Carroll said.
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Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
The judge launched into a recitation of the jury's obligations.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
But the bulk of the evening was a simpler recitation of the 1993 debate, including viewer call-ins.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Jackson turned the recitation into a call‑and‑response chant, often delivered with groups of children or large crowds.
—Diana Leyva, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 17 Feb. 2026
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Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
The judge launched into a recitation of the jury's obligations.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
But the bulk of the evening was a simpler recitation of the 1993 debate, including viewer call-ins.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Jackson turned the recitation into a call‑and‑response chant, often delivered with groups of children or large crowds.
—Diana Leyva, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recitation
Noun
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Julia Stiles Actually Cried While Filming One of the film’s most emotional moments — Kat’s poem recital — was captured in just two takes, Stiles told Bustle in January 2025.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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Later this year, a new performing arts center will open at Crossroads, and the recital hall will be called The Mary Ann.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Trump has benefited from a public worn down by repetition.—
Stephanie A,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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Peter and his collaborators hammered on this idea that whites faced a genocide through immigration with persuasive repetition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The set of 10 developed as the standard enumeration in the Haggadah, the liturgical text of Passover, which was first compiled in the early centuries of the Common Era and redacted toward the end of the first millennium.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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Anything that was anti-Jewish—a story about exclusion, an obstacle that hadn’t come down, a disapproving enumeration of supposedly Jewish traits—was possibly more fascinating.—
Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026
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County commissioners have not voted on the airport renaming, but emails obtained by the Miami Herald through a records request show county staffers privately raised a litany of financial, safety and legal concerns about the name change to state lawmakers late last year.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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The decision follows uproar over Wireless’ decision to book Ye despite his litany of antisemitic remarks and alignment with Nazism in recent years.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Recitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitation. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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