direct speech

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Broadcaster Eamonn Holmes said: "He made direct speech entertaining. With that he was ahead of his time. I'm just sorry he hasn't had more time."

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

This remained true even when participants were told to direct their attention toward a silent film and ignore the story, suggesting that top-down attention isn't required to mentally separate direct speech and its echo.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

Belafonte never makes a direct speech about injustice.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

McMaster described it as “an inspiring, yet direct, speech on the need to confront radical ideology and the president’s hopes for a peaceful vision of Islam to dominate across the world.”

From Washington Post • May 19, 2017

Unusual words used in direct speech, and the following words have been left as they appear in the original book: caligraphy, hinnied, musn't, schemeing and seccotining.

From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol