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oration

[aw-rey-shuhn, oh-rey-] / ɔˈreɪ ʃən, oʊˈreɪ- /


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In the 1970s, as Jobs was starting a company in Silicon Valley, Cook was in Alabama winning oration contests sponsored by his local Optimist Club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Gilroy recently joined The Envelope via Zoom to annotate the four-minute oration.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

“Avoid emotional oration and loud, impassioned pleas. A well-reasoned and logical presentation without resort to histrionics is easier for listeners to comprehend.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

Armstrong's writing is consistently sharp and poignant, but Kendall's funerary oration gives wings to this heavy scene.

From Salon • May 22, 2023

Now he was dead before his fortieth birthday, a tape recording of one of his last sermons serving as his own funeral oration.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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