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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
The swelling on her brain is still not fully gone, causing difficulties with speech and mobility of the right side of her body as well as memory problems.
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Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 12 June 2025
In a sign of those divisions, half of the parliament hall was empty on Wednesday morning when Tusk gave his address, with many lawmakers from the right-wing Law and Justice party boycotting his speech.
—Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
In her speech accepting Best Female Hip-Hop Artist on June 9 at the BET Awards, Doechii highlighted the protests happening right outside the Peacock Theater, where the awards show took place.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 June 2025
This year’s meeting had stellar acoustic performances and moving speeches from honorees Kacey Musgraves and Gracie Abrams as well as Thomas Rhett, a tribute song to Musgraves from Leon Bridges, and lots of data about the ongoing battle for songwriters’ rights — and payment — in the streaming age.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 June 2025
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Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 12 June 2025
In a sign of those divisions, half of the parliament hall was empty on Wednesday morning when Tusk gave his address, with many lawmakers from the right-wing Law and Justice party boycotting his speech.
—Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
In her speech accepting Best Female Hip-Hop Artist on June 9 at the BET Awards, Doechii highlighted the protests happening right outside the Peacock Theater, where the awards show took place.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 June 2025
This year’s meeting had stellar acoustic performances and moving speeches from honorees Kacey Musgraves and Gracie Abrams as well as Thomas Rhett, a tribute song to Musgraves from Leon Bridges, and lots of data about the ongoing battle for songwriters’ rights — and payment — in the streaming age.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speech
Noun
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He’s started bypassing them, the City Hall reporters, in favor of talk podcasts, conservative outlets, and the remaining bits of the ethnic media that still exists in the city.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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But how will the U.S. withdrawal from the global climate talks affect the overall trend?—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Photosynthesis was such a profound development; so were eukaryotes, nervous systems and language.—
Philip Ball,
Wired News,
8 June 2025
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The government's 2011 population census found that a little more than 10% of Indians fluently speak the language.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
8 June 2025
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Brian Stelter, and Oliver Darcy, and their partisan squad adored Pelley’s lecture, but ignored what Blanchard pointed out.—
Tim Graham,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2025
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The lectures are in the Oceanside Campus Administration Building, 1 Barnard Drive.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Of note is the incorporation of vocabulary from Ivan’s archaic Norm language, a special touch that entranced me.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
1 June 2025
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Zimbabwe and South Africa share in Rhodes a common ancestor; in Ndebele a language with a close connection to Zulu (the most spoken language in South Africa); and the common visual vocabulary sometimes called Ndebele art.—
Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Noun
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His arrest report lists his address as Florida City.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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He had been given an address of an NFL free agent workout near Miami.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Gone is the tongue and so too the Three Stripes, mustache and textured toe.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
9 June 2025
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The three musketeers became the ‘Fab Four’… Princess Catherine [silently] cannot understand why Prince Harry still won't bite his tongue and continues his destructive path.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2025
Noun
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The latter went on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and orated about his marathon oration sesh last week in Congress.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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In 1982, Fulbright’s alma mater (and my own), the University of Arkansas, held a ceremony renaming its College of Arts and Sciences after him, with an oration by the economist John Kenneth Galbraith.—
Charles King,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2021
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Weyman didn’t have long to prepare for the massive character milestone, but emphasized the importance of dialect to his portrayal of the Grey Wanderer.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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No More Officers often deal with documents in rare dialects, bad translations or messy handwriting.—
Raghu Para,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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“Speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speech. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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