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as in lectures
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 languages
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 speeches
All those years of speeches are housed in one place, across the street from the Capitol, in the State Library and court building.
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Steve Large, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Muse didn’t give any magical speeches when the Penguins returned from the holiday break.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Hodges watched the crowd flow by, noting that a significant number wore tactical gear such as helmets, goggles, and ballistic vests—not the sort of accoutrements people typically wear to peaceably listen to speeches.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Your reliability can create much more lasting trust than flaky grand speeches.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Trump has also made a habit of tangentially referencing Melania during his speeches.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
The Palm Springs International Film Awards gala delivered its annual blend of star wattage and Oscar-season momentum on Saturday evening, with candid speeches, emotional reveals and a last-minute reshuffling prompted by an absent honoree.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
The ceremony featured speeches by about a dozen local pastors.
—Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
The members of Soundgarden also reflected on Chris during their speeches.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2025
Steve Large, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Muse didn’t give any magical speeches when the Penguins returned from the holiday break.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Hodges watched the crowd flow by, noting that a significant number wore tactical gear such as helmets, goggles, and ballistic vests—not the sort of accoutrements people typically wear to peaceably listen to speeches.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Your reliability can create much more lasting trust than flaky grand speeches.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Trump has also made a habit of tangentially referencing Melania during his speeches.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
The Palm Springs International Film Awards gala delivered its annual blend of star wattage and Oscar-season momentum on Saturday evening, with candid speeches, emotional reveals and a last-minute reshuffling prompted by an absent honoree.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
The ceremony featured speeches by about a dozen local pastors.
—Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
The members of Soundgarden also reflected on Chris during their speeches.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speeches
Noun
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This is why the delegates translated it into multiple languages immediately and sent copies intended for King Louis XVI of France and King Carlos III of Spain on the first ship bound for Europe on July 8.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Recent talks between the Dutch and Chinese governments show signs of resolving the crisis.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Deepak Chopra Wellness guru, author The 79-year-old recently launched a wellness platform offering various meditations, live digital sessions with him and a Deepak Chopra AI chatbot drawing from his decades of writing and talks that users can interact with directly.—
Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Children who are read to from under a year old often have larger and more complex vocabularies than their peers by the age of three.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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The 306-page book use solos by Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis and other jazz immortals to provide melodic and rhythmic vocabularies for improvisation.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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After 2018, Jin transformed Zion Church into a semi-virtual network, uploading sermons online and encouraging members around the country to gather and watch sessions together.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Two men who represent two different bastions of power — God and country — in Oklahoma are making sermons of a kind.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Many rank-and-file enlistees were also recent immigrants, and patriot regiments hummed with a cacophony of different tongues, accents, and dialects throughout the war.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Many in that group are holding their tongues in public.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 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
Noun
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Music unites the interconnecting stories in this saga and expands its passions, with a sumptuous score by composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens that taps into a wide range of American styles, idioms and amalgams, even as the second act turns more dissonant.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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The history of labor struggle, infused with religious idioms, is a source of identity and values evident in everything from union meetings in churches to prayers on picket lines.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Hawx addresses that concern directly.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The addresses listed are those given for tax purposes.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Speeches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speeches. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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