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oration

[aw-rey-shuhn, oh-rey-] / ɔˈreɪ ʃən, oʊˈreɪ- /


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Instead, Brutus has Antony deliver the oration at Caesar’s funeral in the Forum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

“Avoid emotional oration and loud, impassioned pleas. A well-reasoned and logical presentation without resort to histrionics is easier for listeners to comprehend.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

The movie came freighted with exposition, along with lengthy monologues and much stirring oration.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2024

Armstrong's writing is consistently sharp and poignant, but Kendall's funerary oration gives wings to this heavy scene.

From Salon • May 22, 2023

There the city’s Biirgermeister, a staunch Nazi by the name of Carl Vincent Krogmann, delivered a long welcoming oration in German.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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