oration

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a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience the celebrated orations of Daniel Webster in unwavering support of the federal union

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Recent Examples of oration On Tuesday, March 4 at 8 p.m. the Jordan High School students will hold their declamation and oration contests. — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Popular on Variety The contestants bring their experiences into their oration, discussing the right of people to choose when and how to die and how society constantly uses humiliation as a tactic for complacency. — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025 As a baseline, Chris Hayes points to Abraham Lincoln’s debates with Stephen A. Douglas, in the eighteen-fifties: three-hour exchanges of orations about a momentous topic, slavery. — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 Before his assassination at age 39 on April 4, 1968, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate spent a decade giving fearless orations and profound insights that continue to inspire generations, all deserving attention and consideration. — Lydia Price, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oration

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“Oration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oration. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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