recitation

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The next day, ERShares filed a prospectus amendment including a long recitation of such disclosures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

It’s worth a recitation of the original case’s backstory at this point, because this litigation has become a house of cards, with new, precarious levels being added all the time.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2025

On the outside, it seems like it’s a quiet, calm ballad as it opens; Ellis on guitar, a recitation of the story of "a girl who’s got no history / got no past."

From Salon • May 13, 2025

According to plans, the procession will start in Parliament Square and a recitation of Winston Churchill's famous VE Day speech will be read when Big Ben strikes 12:00 BST.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2025

It is easy to read past sentences like these, because we now swim in a sea of facts and think that they are merely a recitation of the obvious.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton