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Recent Examples of recitation
What the book is not is a recitation of big games and important goals.
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Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Islamic education can include Quranic studies and recitation as well as curriculum on Islamic principles, Carroll said.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
The judge launched into a recitation of the jury's obligations.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 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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Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Islamic education can include Quranic studies and recitation as well as curriculum on Islamic principles, Carroll said.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
The judge launched into a recitation of the jury's obligations.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 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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Khloé gave her daughter her flowers at True's dance recital in 2024.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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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
Noun
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But like so much else of what The Boys has been doing in its fifth and final season, the repetition of this series trope feels less like a callback than a fallback.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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After three verse-chorus repetitions, the quartet stop the song cold and set off in a new direction, churning out pure noise even as drummer Steve Shelley keeps everyone anchored.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
27 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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The comedian’s monologue took the approach of pointing out the litany of absurdities related to the WHCD, including before, during and after the event.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
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Along with Scorsese, Maslow would work with a litany of top-name filmmakers including Steven Spielberg, Robert Redford, John Carpenter, Tim Burton, Robert Wise, John Hughes, Blake Edwards and many others.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Recitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitation. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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