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Recent Examples of recitation
Swift and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, laughed at that before Jason Kelce launched into a recitation of her many awards and accolades, including being the first and only artist so far to win the album of the year Grammy four times.
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Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
His Dune set diaries are one piece of proof; his recitation-off on The Late Show is another.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
The exec’s recitation appeared to surprise even his longtime colleagues on the video call.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 July 2025
There was the fight to restore the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance on his bleeding heart campus.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
His Dune set diaries are one piece of proof; his recitation-off on The Late Show is another.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
The exec’s recitation appeared to surprise even his longtime colleagues on the video call.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 July 2025
There was the fight to restore the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance on his bleeding heart campus.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recitation
Noun
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Last spring, Sweetwater turned over its stage for a recital by the nonprofit Enriching Lives Through Music (ELM), a music education program for underserved youth in San Rafael’s mostly Latino Canal neighborhood.—
Paul Liberatore,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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At three people died earlier this month when a building hosting a prayer recital collapsed in West Java.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The book talked about repetition without repetition.—
Joe Boylan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Hold for a second and then return to the starting position, completing multiple repetitions (reps).—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
14 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
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Their report listed a litany of problems.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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And the 13 penalties and litany of special-team errors didn’t help either.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Recitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitation. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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