as in speech
a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience
gave an eloquent peroration celebrating the nation's long tradition of religious tolerance and pluralism
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Recent Examples of peroration
People stayed on their feet all through Booker’s stirring peroration, the kind that feels more natural on the eve of a big election than during the dead of winter.
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Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2026
In a climactic peroration, Chaplin finally talks — and talks — in direct address, straight into the camera, delivering an impassioned anti-war, pro-tolerance message.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
And yet virtually nobody credited Putin with savvy for his initial peroration on Russia's ancient history.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
In the second of the two movements, Noseda kept the rhythms and tempo largely straightforward, with little Romantic push-and-pull, creating an appealing, plain-spoken rhetoric that, nevertheless, left the music wanting peroration.
—Matthew Guerrieri, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2020
De Gaulle’s peroration got the scene only partly right.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 23 Aug. 2019
The president’s wintertime inconstancy was a matter of little concern to attendees in Dallas, who enthusiastically cheered Mr. Trump’s perorations on subjects ranging from North Korean peace talks to his vote tally in the Electoral College.
—Alexander Burns, New York Times, 4 May 2018
Reagan said more in his average 35-minute remarks than Bill Clinton ever did in his average 75-minute perorations.
—Andrew Malcolm, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2018
Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2026
In a climactic peroration, Chaplin finally talks — and talks — in direct address, straight into the camera, delivering an impassioned anti-war, pro-tolerance message.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
And yet virtually nobody credited Putin with savvy for his initial peroration on Russia's ancient history.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
In the second of the two movements, Noseda kept the rhythms and tempo largely straightforward, with little Romantic push-and-pull, creating an appealing, plain-spoken rhetoric that, nevertheless, left the music wanting peroration.
—Matthew Guerrieri, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2020
De Gaulle’s peroration got the scene only partly right.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 23 Aug. 2019
The president’s wintertime inconstancy was a matter of little concern to attendees in Dallas, who enthusiastically cheered Mr. Trump’s perorations on subjects ranging from North Korean peace talks to his vote tally in the Electoral College.
—Alexander Burns, New York Times, 4 May 2018
Reagan said more in his average 35-minute remarks than Bill Clinton ever did in his average 75-minute perorations.
—Andrew Malcolm, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peroration
Noun
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The speech will also be streamed on the White House’s official website and its social media platforms, including the White House’s official YouTube and X accounts.—
Sam Stevenson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Crude oil futures spiked more than 5% after the president's speech while stock futures slid, reversing a drop in oil prices and a stock market rally from earlier in the day amid hopes that the war might conclude soon.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And Edward Norton tried to see McKellen’s poetry and raise him an even more on-the-nose piece of oration.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Jackson said King was in no mood to speak the night of April 3, but found the energy to give what turned out to be his last oration.—
Jim Williams,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Peroration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peroration. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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