oration
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address, declamation, harangue, peroration, speech, talk
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On the airportâs north side, JetBlue Airways Corp oration will triple its footprint, expanding from its base at Terminal 5 into a new $3 billion terminal on the site of the former Terminal 6 and, eventually, across the current Terminal 7. — Paul Berger, WSJ, "Kennedy Airport Rehab Plan Unveiled, Along With $13 Billion Price Tag," 4 Oct. 2018 Markel Corp oration of the U.S. last week struck a deal for the largest and oldest such manager, Nephila, which is currently owned by private-equity firm KKR , hedge fund Man Group and the firmâs management. — Paul J. Davies, WSJ, "Reinsurers: Donât Watch for Hurricanes, Watch for Deals," 10 Sep. 2018 Her ContraPoints persona is decadent in the mold of Oscar Wilde by way of Weird Twitter: sexily confident and fearlessly indulgent, with orations delivered from plush chairs and scented baths. — Katherine Cross, The Verge, "The Oscar Wilde of YouTube fights the alt-right with decadence and seduction," 24 Aug. 2018 Colbert had his work cut out for him in trying to analyze roughly 90 minutes of the presidentâs oration in just an hour. — Tracy Brown, latimes.com, "Stephen Colbert savages Trump's State of the Union speech: 'Better luck next year'," 31 Jan. 2018 The oration decried the widespread prejudice against educating women in the arts and sciences, which had been grounded in the view that a life of managing a household would require no such learning. — Richard Gunderman, Scientific American, "Maria Agnesi, the Greatest Female Mathematician Youâve Never Heard Of," 16 May 2018 The first-term mayor used a powerful oration to elicit one of the most raucous standing ovations from more than 7,000 people at the Texas Democratic Convention on Friday. — Jeremy Wallace, Houston Chronicle, "Sylvester Turner fires up Texas Democrats at party convention," 22 June 2018 Raytheon , which manufactures Tomahawk cruise missiles, fell 2.8%, and industry supplier Hexcel Corp oration fell 4.5%. — Saumya Vaishampayan, WSJ, "Calm Markets After Trump-Kim Summit: What You Need to Know," 12 June 2018 The agency has received 31 inquiries related to Celgene Corp oration alone. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "More Competition for Pharma," 18 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'oration.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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