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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
By actively engaging in speech and listening for a response, Archie is not only finding a way to make his friends and family laugh, but also boosting his neural processing capacities.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Her speech in Pittsburgh was screened live to a waiting crowd in Philadelphia, where a final rally would mark the end of her hundred-and-seven-day campaign.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Flanagan’s speech was impactful, and many watching couldn’t help but take note of her striking fashion choices that night.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
Lalas has stuck with Donald Trump through the racist speeches, the felony convictions, the promises to jail generals and journalists, and the fiscal policies 16 Nobel-winning economists say will wreck the U.S. economy.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Her speech in Pittsburgh was screened live to a waiting crowd in Philadelphia, where a final rally would mark the end of her hundred-and-seven-day campaign.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Flanagan’s speech was impactful, and many watching couldn’t help but take note of her striking fashion choices that night.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
Lalas has stuck with Donald Trump through the racist speeches, the felony convictions, the promises to jail generals and journalists, and the fiscal policies 16 Nobel-winning economists say will wreck the U.S. economy.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speech
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The same goes for understanding culture—talk to your employees, ask them about their customs, have healthy discussions on differences and learn how to do it their way.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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David Heyman, who developed the films, was talks to do the same.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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The platform launches with a slate spanning 12+ languages and 10+ genres, featuring everything from video-on-demand content to free gaming, radio streaming, and 65 live channels.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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The language barrier has always been the catalyst for most problems when working with someone who speaks a foreign language.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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But Sir Ridley Scott does not want to deliver a connect-the-dots lecture.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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In his lecture, Goldberg gives the example of a robot pushing a bottle across a table.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
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Regrettably, the catchy moniker has slinked into our vocabulary, and we are seemingly stuck with it.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The reports began introducing the rhetoric of climate change straight into the heart of the far right’s vocabulary.Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
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At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson and Remington, handed over hundreds of thousands of names, addresses and other private data — without customer knowledge or consent — to the NSSF, which then entered the details into what would become a massive database.Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
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Soho is rendered as a ganglia of lines leading to hundreds of names and their addresses.Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Campbell says the touch points—the tongue, collar, sockliner, lining, laces and pull tab—were all updated to invite a feeling of softness and comfort.Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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The neuroscientist and brain surgeon at the University of California, San Francisco, was studying the brain activity behind speech, that precise and delicate neural choreography by which lips, jaw, tongue, and larynx produce meaningful sounds.Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Just a week ago, everyone had a pretty good idea of what Donald Trump’s nomination acceptance speech tonight — his third — would be like: Just like his first two and just like the fiery oration he’s given many times.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
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Pasquale and Giuseppe are merely victims only in the most obvious scene: a grandstanding courtroom oration by a lawyer who accuses Italy for its indifference to the suffering of street kids.Armond White, National Review, 19 June 2024
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This brings the show to 58 categories, and songs will only be considered if their lyrics are at least 60% written in Spanish, Portuguese or a native regional dialect.Kaitlyn Schwanemann, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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His father worked as a sports journalist and his mother as a dialect coach.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speech. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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