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

Venture capital meetings, accelerator demo days and even corporate board presentations often hinge on short, high-stakes interactions where impressions of the leader quickly become impressions of the venture.

— Paul Sanchez Ruiz, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
Each of the presentations was a finalist for the conference’s hackathon competition.

— Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026