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Recent Examples of recitation
His Dune set diaries are one piece of proof; his recitation-off on The Late Show is another.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
The exec’s recitation appeared to surprise even his longtime colleagues on the video call.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 July 2025
Foods of symbolic significance are consumed, while prayers and traditional recitations are performed.
—Chris Sims, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Howell walked out of the room when approached by officers, while another group of protestors then stood and picked up the recitation.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
The exec’s recitation appeared to surprise even his longtime colleagues on the video call.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 July 2025
Foods of symbolic significance are consumed, while prayers and traditional recitations are performed.
—Chris Sims, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Howell walked out of the room when approached by officers, while another group of protestors then stood and picked up the recitation.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recitation
Noun
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In between that opening scene in 1996 and the closing episode set in 2022, the show moves back and forth along the timeline, tackling life events both big and small in this trio’s lives, from bar mitzvahs and failed interventions to child dance recitals and the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
22 Aug. 2025
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At dance recitals and school events, my parents were always there.—
Avalon Hester,
People.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In fact, the seals landed in the same statistical range as nursery rhymes, where repetition and predictability help a message carry and be remembered.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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Try these exercises and gradually progress them by adding more resistance, sets, and repetitions over time.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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No one needs an enumeration of all the positive effects of exercise, on health, on social connections, on self-esteem, or otherwise.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
12 Aug. 2025
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But first consider the majority of the text of the Declaration: a stirring enumeration of specific grievances by the American colonists against the British crown.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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Carolina’s dreadful debut featured a litany of miscues in a 26-10 road defeat.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Six months later, Sutton-Schulman filed a second complaint with the agency highlighting a litany of additional problems and asking for an investigation into Highmark.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Recitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitation. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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