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recited

adjective as in quoted

adjective as in repeated

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So, it’s anything but a shock that we’re going to be seeing a lot more of the 22-year-old who recited her poem “The Hill We Climb” on that chilly January morning.

From Fortune

Vaccine hotline numbers recited quickly on the news can easily be missed.

From Vox

Amanda Gorman was the youngest poet to recite her work at a presidential inauguration.

There’s probably more, and if you sit around late at night with Ohio State fans even in some distant year such as 2050, they probably would recite all 169 plays of Clemson’s 29-23 win in a spiral of excruciation and maybe even beer.

They might have been reciting the circumstances of Amelia Norman’s life.

There is nothing we can do to stop gun violence, they recited; guns don't kill people, people do.

In fact, we met him at the Holocaust Memorial in Drancy, where he recited the opening verses of the Qur'an.

Swinton did alternating poses as she recited the fashion pantheon: Paul Poiret.

Sher recited the first kalima in sterling Arabic and the crowd dispersed.

Gordon recited a litany of threats to Israel from Egypt, Hamas, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Syria, and especially Iran.

The series is so taught that it can be recited forwards‌ and backwards—the only true test of learning any series.

Then a humorist told some of his own funny stories and an elocutionist recited a bit from Shakespeare effectively.

I had hopes myself—you know that, and as I neither fiddled nor recited poetry your own conclusions may be wrong.

Member how you recited dat Leetle 166 drops o water, leetle grains o sand piece, Miss Jess?

Here the essayist recited an infinite amount of detail about the distress at home, giving the conversation and the actions.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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