1
as in talk
a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience
the guest of honor gave a short speech in appreciation of the award
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2
as in language
the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
wanting to develop a writing system for his people, Sequoya created a system of 86 symbols representing all the syllables of Cherokee speech
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Recent Examples of speech
The mere sight of the ransacking seems to quicken his speech.
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Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
According to Mayo Clinic, the disease is a progressive nerve disorder that impacts movement and speech.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
The First Amendment only restricts the actions of the government regarding speech, not that of private individuals, organizations or businesses.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
Like an impatient parent scolding their toddler, Frankenstein grows frustrated with his monster’s limited capacity for speech.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
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Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
According to Mayo Clinic, the disease is a progressive nerve disorder that impacts movement and speech.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
The First Amendment only restricts the actions of the government regarding speech, not that of private individuals, organizations or businesses.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
Like an impatient parent scolding their toddler, Frankenstein grows frustrated with his monster’s limited capacity for speech.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for speech
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speech
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But as Muttaqi went about a public relations blitz in India and held talks with Indian officials, deadly clashes erupted along the Durand Line border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent days.—
Happymon Jacob,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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The banks are discussing an emergency loan backed by Argentine assets, the people said, while cautioning that talks are ongoing and specific collateral is still being ironed out.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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The series has hit the Netflix Top 10 in all 93 countries that the company measures; Season 4 was the first-ever English-language series to cross 1 billion hours streamed on the platform, and continues to be the streamer’s third-most-popular English-language TV title.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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Befitting of JJJJound’s minimalist, premium design language, each pair is light on flair, letting the Speedcat’s iconic silhouette and high-quality materials do the heavy lifting here.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Expanding the curriculum Kim opened the second semester with a lecture on shifting global market dynamics, consumer behavior, production diversification, innovation strategy, traceability systems and the tightening environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulatory landscape.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Oct. 2025
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Before the lecture, there will be a community dinner catered by Viewpoint Brewing Co.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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There's also critical thinking, vocabulary, and knowledge that books offer students.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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Experts at Scholastic say such books help kids gain the vocabulary to describe their feelings, improve self-awareness, and learn strategies for handling negative emotions.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Mistakes, complaints and promotions The secretary issued several policy memos concurrent with his address aimed at overhauling the inspector general and equal opportunity complaint processes as part of his push to produce more Pattons.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The moment your email address, password, or other sensitive data is leaked, Alert notifies you.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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Available in a limited series and priced at 480 euros, the navy unisex design crafted from leather comes with clean lines, a distinctive statement tongue flap with the Puma logo and the Jil Sander one rendered in golden foiling on the side.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Purosangue, Ferrari’s moniker for its four-door SUV, rolls beautifully off the tongue.—
Sean Evans,
Robb Report,
14 Oct. 2025
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His orations of statistics, stories, and argumentative persuasion at colleges were energetic, frictious, and necessary to unshackle us from grievance and tribalism.—
Alex Rosado,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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But behind the world’s fastest-growing businesses is a quieter form of leadership—one that privileges operations over oration, systems over showmanship, and execution over ego.—
Brent Gleeson,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Patrick also has his own researcher, so the cast members all had access to this dropbox full of stuff, including incredible academic studies of John Gacy’s speech pattern and word choice and syntax use, and a breakdown of the Chicago dialect and his Polish background.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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On Thursday evening, Welsh read from his new book Men in Love, which is written in the Edinburgh dialect.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speech. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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