Thesaurus results for RECITATION

recitation

noun

Definition of recitation

as in recital

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Recent Examples of recitation As the Imam intoned verses from the Quran, a series of reverberating chimes from users’ phones suddenly cut through the recitation. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 May 2026 Because match commentators are asked to take the helm of halftime themselves, those intermissions are usually rote recitations of highlights rather than any sort of tactical breakdown that would require time away from a microphone to prepare. — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 After the grave was closed, the clergy then continued to say prayers and recitations from the Quran. — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026 The husband-wife duo of Dave Walker and Lois Hart anchored the first newscast with no fancy introduction, no mission statement, just an immediate recitation of the day’s headlines. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for recitation

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Noun

Just a few weeks ago, Ryan Beatty had the best music recital of his life.

— Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
They’re expected to be present for every recital and every board meeting.

— Simbiat Adighije, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of recital

Noun

None of these incidents necessarily costs an account, but repetition can.

— Adam Povlitz, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
With Dru Smith sidelined by a calf strain sustained during training camp, Larsson had wound up taking repetitions at point guard, including during that preseason-opening victory over the Raptors.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Constraints, enumerations and referential integrity are miserable work for a person in front of an open gearbox.

— Julien Vantyghem, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
The enumeration system starting in Roosevelt, Utah, runs ambitiously and intermittently through dozens of desert miles to reach the right-angle intersection of 6,000th South and 47,000th West.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

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