as in speech
a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience inspired declamations about the global triumph of democracy within our lifetimes
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Recent Examples of declamation His emotional speech was another highlight reel-worthy moment, after his passionate declamation of ICE and appeal for humanity earlier in the night. —
Vanity Fair, 2 Feb. 2026 Later, during the Renaissance, declamations, or recited passages, were centerpieces of the Jesuits’ Ratio Studiorum, an early standardizing document of educational best practices and regulations. —Daniel Buck, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026 Mateus’s approach to the declamation of text by nonprofessional actors finds its roots in movies by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, while her mythic, loamy exploration of the lives of the poor through history follows in the footsteps of the Portuguese director Pedro Costa. —Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025 On Tuesday, March 4 at 8 p.m. the Jordan High School students will hold their declamation and oration contests. —Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Darcy’s singing may sometimes bring to mind the stentorian declamations of the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, but there’s also a strain of petulant hot-guy brio in his voice that a Strokes fan might recognize. —Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024 Ideologues and power-mongers of many sorts, from brazen Black profiteers in Paris to frivolous white do-gooders, fill the frame with their declamations. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024 But the whole show is well cast and performed, and even when the action feels overly constructed or declamatory — and there is a rash of declamation toward the season’s end — there is something or someone pleasing to latch onto. —Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023 But don’t confuse Iggy’s rant or its wild musicality as a return to Stooges-like raucousness and institutional declamation for nostalgia. —A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 6 Jan. 2023
Vanity Fair, 2 Feb. 2026 Later, during the Renaissance, declamations, or recited passages, were centerpieces of the Jesuits’ Ratio Studiorum, an early standardizing document of educational best practices and regulations. —Daniel Buck, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026 Mateus’s approach to the declamation of text by nonprofessional actors finds its roots in movies by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, while her mythic, loamy exploration of the lives of the poor through history follows in the footsteps of the Portuguese director Pedro Costa. —Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025 On Tuesday, March 4 at 8 p.m. the Jordan High School students will hold their declamation and oration contests. —Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Darcy’s singing may sometimes bring to mind the stentorian declamations of the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, but there’s also a strain of petulant hot-guy brio in his voice that a Strokes fan might recognize. —Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024 Ideologues and power-mongers of many sorts, from brazen Black profiteers in Paris to frivolous white do-gooders, fill the frame with their declamations. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024 But the whole show is well cast and performed, and even when the action feels overly constructed or declamatory — and there is a rash of declamation toward the season’s end — there is something or someone pleasing to latch onto. —Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023 But don’t confuse Iggy’s rant or its wild musicality as a return to Stooges-like raucousness and institutional declamation for nostalgia. —A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 6 Jan. 2023
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Those include ConversationRelay, which aims to generate human-like speech that connects to large-language models like ChatGPT, as well as a product called Conversational Intelligence.— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
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Mario Lopez takes the podium for a speech at the Boys and Girls Club of America event in Las Vegas on April 7.— Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
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