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as in talk
a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience
the guest of honor gave a short speech in appreciation of the award
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as in language
the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
wanting to develop a writing system for his people, Sequoya created a system of 86 symbols representing all the syllables of Cherokee speech
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Recent Examples of speech
Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York delayed voting for more than eight hours by seizing control of the floor with a record-breaking speech against the bill.
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arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2025
Of course, the big speech itself is greatly inspired (some might even call it a parody) of one of the finest monologues in all of literature — Henry V's address to the troops at Agincourt on St. Crispin's Day, as penned by William Shakespeare, a fella who never was in the Writers Guild of America!
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 4 July 2025
During the speech, Trump heard what sounded like fireworks.
—Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
In her speech at her father’s funeral, Lisa is forced to confront not having handled her father’s death perfectly.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 July 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2025
Of course, the big speech itself is greatly inspired (some might even call it a parody) of one of the finest monologues in all of literature — Henry V's address to the troops at Agincourt on St. Crispin's Day, as penned by William Shakespeare, a fella who never was in the Writers Guild of America!
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 4 July 2025
During the speech, Trump heard what sounded like fireworks.
—Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
In her speech at her father’s funeral, Lisa is forced to confront not having handled her father’s death perfectly.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speech
Noun
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Those who didn’t make it to the summer festival will find year-round programming that includes pop-up performances, artist talks, and classes.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
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Inside the 2026 Program Our full program will include feature films, episodic projects, and short films — welcoming 90-plus features and 50-plus shorts in 2026 — as well as our annual Beyond Film series, which showcases talks and events with some of the most compelling artists and many more.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
14 July 2025
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If the discussion in the paragraph above sounds a bit dense consider that this language is paraphrased from the actual OBBBA bill.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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It was trained on the entire Internet to pull out statistical patterns in the language usage.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
14 July 2025
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Nat Geo experts provide photo advice, and historians and marine biologists host onboard lectures.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
3 July 2025
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Central Florida Stamp Club: Meetings include auctions and informative lectures.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 July 2025
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During the Cold War, popular culture provided Americans with images of (and a vocabulary for) nuclear war.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
10 July 2025
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But at the start of the project, which launched in 2023, their vocabularies differed dramatically.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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The address for the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo is 3411 Sherman Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46808.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
10 July 2025
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Call or go on the website of your utilities company to get your latest bill in your name and address.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Tipp's reactions to new triggers included throat closing, tongue swelling, flushing, itching, vomiting, diarrhea, brain fog, bone pain, headaches and extreme stomach pain.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
3 July 2025
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Fried chicken, pork belly and beef tongue regularly join bitey pickles and sauces on the eatery’s towering sandwiches ($12 to $17).—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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The assembly descended into a frenzy of oration denouncing the patenting of viruses, even though the issue, however ethically dubious, was entirely irrelevant to the actual course of the virus’ spread inside Saudi Arabia, which the kingdom’s scientists had done little to counter.—
Laurie Garrett,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Aug. 2015
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However, attendees showed no sign of boredom and punctuated her approximately 30-minute oration at City Hall with applause.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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In it, Italian peasants Matteo and Natale discuss this same cosmic occurrence in the rustic Paduan dialect of the time.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
3 July 2025
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Around the table, his family speak the local dialect of the Veneto region.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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“Speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speech. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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