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oratory

[awr-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, or-] / ˈɔr əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈɒr- /


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Perhaps Mr. Pinsker grants Lincoln too little credit for inspiring voters with his soaring oratory; even the canonical speeches are analyzed here primarily for political messaging.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

It announced that the school oratory would be open on Saturday and Sunday for pupils and their families to come together to remember Tiarnán.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025

Obama made his name with soaring oratory about a collective opportunity to fulfill America’s promise and a memoir that was deeply introspective about his role in that fight.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

They were masterpieces of political oratory not despite their lack of weighty marble-clad phrases but because of it.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

I must admit I felt the old surge of love and oratory and I haven’t a drop of Galician blood.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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