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Recent Examples of recitation
The memo’s overheated rhetoric and lengthy recitation of political grievances also raise some doubts about his claims.
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Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
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Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recitation
Noun
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But what was once known as the Lieder recital — the German title for songs in a genre once dominated by Schubert, Schumann, Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss — has approached its sell-by date.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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According to TVLine, one of the items in the backpack was a drawing of Ava at her first-grade recital, proving that Roman had been watching his family from afar.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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What matters is repetition, tone and what is left unsaid.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Habits are built through repetition under imperfect conditions, not through short bursts of maximal effort.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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
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The blunder in the Supreme Court of Victoria state is another in a litany of mishaps AI has caused in justice systems around the world.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The brothers, who are currently incarcerated at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Centre, are facing potentially lengthy prison terms if convicted of a litany of crimes.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Recitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitation. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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