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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
Over four hours, the protest will feature speeches from political candidates, multiple community arts projects, music, a 520-foot banner and a dance party on the south, west and east sides of the Statehouse.
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Cate Charron, IndyStar, 28 Mar. 2026
In the East Bay suburbs, hundreds gathered in the parking lot at the Sunvalley Shopping Center in Concord to hear speeches by members of Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa and other groups.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
At several of those events, participants marched for blocks before regrouping at central locations for speeches and performances, while law enforcement monitored but largely allowed the demonstrations to proceed peacefully.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Harris aides are also discussing similar speeches later in the spring and summer, a person familiar with her plans told CNN.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Famous speeches delivered at the congress have gone on to redefine entire subfields of math.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
Often dressed in black and wearing dark sunglasses, Shah rarely gave speeches during campaigning and spoke to his supporter mostly through social media.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
But Robby’s big speeches are less rousing this season because the character is so out of sorts, making these moments come off more scold-y than principled.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Highlights include music, speeches and cultural exhibitions, fostering a connection with San Diego’s Native American history.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
Cate Charron, IndyStar, 28 Mar. 2026
In the East Bay suburbs, hundreds gathered in the parking lot at the Sunvalley Shopping Center in Concord to hear speeches by members of Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa and other groups.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
At several of those events, participants marched for blocks before regrouping at central locations for speeches and performances, while law enforcement monitored but largely allowed the demonstrations to proceed peacefully.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Harris aides are also discussing similar speeches later in the spring and summer, a person familiar with her plans told CNN.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Famous speeches delivered at the congress have gone on to redefine entire subfields of math.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
Often dressed in black and wearing dark sunglasses, Shah rarely gave speeches during campaigning and spoke to his supporter mostly through social media.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
But Robby’s big speeches are less rousing this season because the character is so out of sorts, making these moments come off more scold-y than principled.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Highlights include music, speeches and cultural exhibitions, fostering a connection with San Diego’s Native American history.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speeches
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The robot is expected to help visitors navigate the airport more easily by providing directions, terminal updates, and travel information in multiple languages.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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Fifty languages are spoken by a dozen ethnic groups, which include my tribe, the Ogoni, the Ijaw (the delta’s largest ethnic group), as well as the Ilaje, Ibibio, Andoni, Itsekiri, and Urhobo peoples.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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Leavitt on Wednesday said those talks were ongoing.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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Thousands more troops have been deployed to the Middle East as peace talks with Iran begin.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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In the October 2025 study that followed families over time, children who spent more time with digital media at age 2 tended to have smaller vocabularies at age 3, regardless of the child’s temperament or the caregiver’s personality traits.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Teams were asked to learn new interfaces, adopt new vocabularies, and take responsibility for outputs whose behavior remained probabilistic rather than deterministic.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Friday prayer leaders often deliver sermons aligned with government messaging.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Inside were sermons, political tracts, and educational booklets.—
Regina E. Mason,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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But those from back home, where memories of Magic still sit fresh on the tip of tongues, sense there could be more.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Zendaya kicked off Paris Fashion Week by sending tongues wagging in bridal white chic.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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Before his assassination at age 39 on April 4, 1968, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate spent a decade giving fearless orations and profound insights that continue to inspire generations, all deserving attention and consideration.—
Lydia Price,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
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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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If the assignment is to translate something from a foreign language, there are plenty of tools and resources that can do it for you, including by recognizing and figuratively translating idioms.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Mar. 2026
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Those books introduced me to a vision of American teenage life and taught me the rhythms and idioms of American English, nuances that would later replace my Britishisms and shape my career as a journalist.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Efforts to reach Das and Cooper — including by phoning numbers and sending letters to addresses that appeared to be associated with them — were unsuccessful.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Beatbot Sora 70 addresses this problem with JetPulse™ surface cleaning technology, which allows the robot to collect debris from the water’s surface as part of its cleaning cycle.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Speeches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speeches. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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