acceptance speech

noun

: a speech given by someone receiving an award or prize

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Urban thanked wife Nicole Kidman in his acceptance speech. Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 9 May 2025 The award moved him to tears during his acceptance speech. Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025 In his acceptance speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention, Trump decried the murder of 49 people in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, by the Islamist Omar Mateen. Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 1 May 2025 What To Know In his acceptance speech of the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House coverage Saturday night, Thompson reiterated the importance of media at a time when faith in journalism is low. Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for acceptance speech

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“Acceptance speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acceptance%20speech. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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