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oratory

[awr-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, or-] / ˈɔr əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈɒr- /


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He isn’t known for rousing oratory or catchy sound bites; the former prosecutor instead prefers to talk in long, earnest sentences about fairness and duty.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

Much attention has been focused on Donald Trump’s use of words — that is, his peculiar style of oratory.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 19, 2025

It announced that the school oratory would be open on Saturday and Sunday for pupils and their families to come together to remember Tiarnán.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2025

So far, the Democratic National Convention has been filled with era-marking oratory.

From Slate Aug. 22, 2024

It was a powerful lesson in oratory that Fuller would always remember.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

She would go off on these different speech oratories.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2023

The Vatican has already shut down St Peter's Square and St Peter's Basilica while allowing only a small number of oratories in convents and monasteries to remain open.

From Fox News Mar. 13, 2020

Almost half of the oratories came from President Bill Clinton, who went on a two-term coffin fit by speaking at 26 funerals between 1994 and 2001.

From Washington Post Aug. 31, 2018

The country has about 6,000 parish centers for young people, called oratories, and almost all have sports facilities, said Don Marco Mori, president of the Forum of Italian Oratories.

From New York Times Jun. 16, 2010

All his other poems, when properly arranged, would then be “likened to the little cells, oratories, and sepulchral recesses, ordinarily included in those edifices.”

From The Lure of the Camera by Olcott, Charles S.




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