oratory
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He isn’t known for rousing oratory or catchy sound bites; the former prosecutor instead prefers to talk in long, earnest sentences about fairness and duty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Much attention has been focused on Donald Trump’s use of words — that is, his peculiar style of oratory.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025
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
They were masterpieces of political oratory not despite their lack of weighty marble-clad phrases but because of it.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024
The oratory, in this case, is more effective on an ignorant audience than a well- informed one, is it not?
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing oratory
Speech and Debate
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President Obama's Speech on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
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