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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 The commercials, featuring the company’s young CEO, Margo Case (Kathryn Newton), fuse Big Pharma come-on with a vague feminist spiel, and Carol rolls her eyes at all the feel-good whatever. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026 If the sales spiel has your eyes glazing over, just know that this machine makes great coffee every time. — Simon Hill, Wired News, 13 Mar. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for spiel

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At our last board meeting, a Tax Allocation District presentation was given in executive session by Courtney English, the chief of staff to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens.

— Patreece Hutcherson, AJC.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Rather than simply recreating the 1944 MoMA exhibition, the Frost presentation expands the story through additional artworks, photographs, correspondence and archival material.

— Dennys Matos, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of presentation

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Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms -- insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh highlighted the shift in a speech at the central bank's annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming last month.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of speech

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The positive news on Monday is that there’s been progress and substantive talks on Gauthier, who’s a restricted free agent.

— Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
But some experts who followed the talks thought that Araghchi’s proposals were made in earnest.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

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