spellbinder

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Recent Examples of spellbinder The speech Jackson makes is a spellbinder. Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
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Noun
  • Well, the ancient rhetorician and jurist Cicero gave as good an answer as any back in the times of Julius Caesar.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
  • Conley is a rhetorician who researches how cultural influences shape our everyday habits, preferences, biases and desires, particularly in the area of food and taste.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Photography and the secret of Frederick Douglass' power Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery and became an influential orator, writer and intellectual, was the most photographed person in America in the 19th century.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • The Greek philosopher and orator Antisthenes, commonly referred to as the father of Cynicism, famously taught his students at the Cynosarges.
    Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 4 July 2026
  • According to historian, author and lecturer Roger Smith, Florida's absence from most Revolutionary War lessons stems from one key fact.
    Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026

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“Spellbinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spellbinder. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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