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oratory

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


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Instead, he offered the oratory equivalent of a pat on the shoulder.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

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

His oratory first electrified the Democratic convention in 2004, when he was a state lawmaker running for the U.S.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2024

From Cicero onward, it has been conventional to divide up the business of oratory into five basic parts—sometimes known as the “canons of rhetoric.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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