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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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
So my manner of speech, my ‘personality,’ and even my self-limitations were shaped to reduce resistance and maximize utility, comfort, and trust.
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Gary Greenberg, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Challengers, including conservative advocacy groups, argue the law unconstitutionally chills political speech and participation.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Does the constitutional right to free speech protect offensive, even hateful speech?
—Scott Simon, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
In fact, the execs laid out the stakes very clearly, offering the kind of robust free-speech defenses that would rouse us today.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
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Gary Greenberg, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Challengers, including conservative advocacy groups, argue the law unconstitutionally chills political speech and participation.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Does the constitutional right to free speech protect offensive, even hateful speech?
—Scott Simon, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
In fact, the execs laid out the stakes very clearly, offering the kind of robust free-speech defenses that would rouse us today.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speech
Noun
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North Korea has made significant advances in its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in the absence of talks.—
Stella Kim,
NBC news,
26 Sep. 2025
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During a bedtime conversation between Kaz and Caesar, for example, their dog keeps licking Caesar as Kaz tries to have a serious talk with him.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Green’s order gave Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins seven days to rewrite the language of the ballot measure and the language that will be at polling places.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
24 Sep. 2025
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The book collects his writing, social media posts, and blogging in one English-language volume.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The impulse to criticize, lecture, or clamp down hard comes from a place of pain.—
Robyn Koslowitz,
Parents,
19 Sep. 2025
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At the other end of the bar, Don was smirking as though looking forward to the lecture Odette was going to give Charlie.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As children grow, Pre-Performing Arts and Fundamentals programs introduce preschool and elementary students to ballet foundations, tap rhythms, musical theatre vocabulary, and the joy of ensemble work.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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Two middle-aged women on bikes, one with a broad vocabulary, had come up the hill at a pace unlikely for even an athletic soul.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trump touched on those issues as well in a rambling UN address that more closely resembled his campaign speech, filled with attacks and lists of achievements.—
Daniel Bush,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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The electrolyzer’s design addresses fouling, current distribution, and thermal management, which are common failure points for electrochemical systems receiving heterogeneous feedstocks.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Around that time, the stepdaughter, now 21, claimed that Errol kissed her and stuck his tongue into her mouth.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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Lifting the lid revealed a small tart topped with a tongue of Spanish sea urchin, resting on a nubbly bed of cancha nuts.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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For Minha, the biggest challenge was mastering the North Korean dialect.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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Day-one fans of Taylor Swift know that the pop superstar has come a long way since launching her music career as a country singer — and that evolution is apparent in her dialect, according to speech scientists.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speech. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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