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recitation

[res-i-tey-shuhn] / ˌrɛs ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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My recitation about the environmental ingenuity of enslaved people in the Underground Railroad was clearly jarring to many in the audience, perhaps even hostile to their understanding of Blackness.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

What makes Christianity work, and always has, is the gathering together of the faithful to worship in song and in recitation of ancient creeds affirming creation, sin, salvation, and the death and resurrection of Christ.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

What the book is not is a recitation of big games and important goals.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2026

On the surface, this might seem like a straightforward recitation of the 14th Amendment’s text.

From Slate Jun. 17, 2025

As the recitation trailed off, she awoke fully, and began sobbing.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Like his Instagram account, there are contextless videos and spoken-word recitations.

From Salon May 12, 2026

The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

Those familiar with his campaign-rally routines will know Trump’s many recitations of “The Snake,” something he refers to as a poem but is really a song from the 1960s.

From Slate Jan. 21, 2026

Tadjadit became prominent for his public recitations during protests by the Hirak movement, which erupted in February 2019 and helped force the resignation of longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

From Barron's Nov. 11, 2025

Even when the upper grades had to make recitations of the Preamble to the Constitution.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye




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