keynote address

NOUN

main speech of event

Synonyms

STRONGEST

keynote keynote speech

Example Sentences

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In St Petersburg, he is expected to meet chief editors of international news agencies and deliver a keynote address.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Gustavo Dudamel, the world-renowned music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted the USC band and also delivered the keynote address.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

That came a day after he delivered a keynote address at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference in which Jobs introduced iCloud, the back end service that creates the seamless Apple experience.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Something had shifted over those few days, a shift most eloquently expressed in Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s keynote address.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

All this, too, was before John Kerry invited him to give the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention being held in Boston.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama