Thesaurus results for SPIELS

spiels

noun

plural of spiel

as in presentations

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 spiels Even as Bankman-Fried was captivating the crypto industry with spiels about his alleged genius, Yan and his team stayed away, preferring to trade on platforms like Coinbase. —

Ben Weiss, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Adams said Canva has seen instances of people directing generative AI models to create content such as slide presentations and social media posts.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
Davidson himself attended the BAFTA Awards and his frequent, involuntary outbursts punctuated host Alan Cumming’s introduction and several of the early award presentations.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026