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spiel

noun

Definition of spiel

as in presentation

informal a fast utterance that someone has often said before and that is usually intended to persuade people to buy something, agree to something, etc. I listened to the salesman's spiel but still refused to buy anything. He gave me a long spiel about the benefits of joining the club.

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Recent Examples of spiel Eric delivered a decent spiel about sperm motility as a proxy for health and how sperm racing drew attention to important issues. — Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 Push a nearby button and hear a spiel. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026 And so is my spiel about sports narratives. — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 18 Feb. 2026 Following his initial spiel, Vitello was told that the initial report didn’t say definitively that the Giants were hiring him — just that the team was close to offering him a job. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spiel

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Noun

The documentary — filmed on Santa Barbara Island, one of the Channel Islands — will be screened July 15 in a special Pride Week presentation by the San Diego Natural History Museum and the San Diego Bird Alliance.

— Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
There was a presentation by Jerren Chang, President and CEO of Partners in Democracy.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of presentation

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The event featured a candlelight vigil, singing and speeches from community leaders.

— Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026
The late founder’s associations with people who collaborated with France’s Nazi occupiers in World II and his multiple hate-speech convictions, including Holocaust denial, made the National Front anathema to many voters.

— Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of speech

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Obama would use his Nobel lecture to deliver a beautiful encapsulation of this point of view.

— David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
In January 2025, a federal judge ruled that portion of the ordinance overburdens free speech rights by prohibiting anyone from providing any lecture in any San Diego public park or beach.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of lecture

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