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recital

noun

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as in recitation

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as in presentation

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Recent Examples of recital Kafka Fragments Finnish soprano Anu Komsi and her husband Sakari Oramo perform this hauntingly beautiful recital as part of celebrations to mark György Kurtág’s 100th birthday. — Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 23 July 2026 The team’s recital of the pre-match national anthem almost acted like a referendum on each player’s patriotism. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026 My son sang the national anthem at the Sixers game, and my daughter had her first vocal recital at 5 years old. — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 20 July 2026 Each has a long patio with seating, and sliding doors open to reveal a huge angular four-poster swathed in mosquito netting and enough floor space to hold a dance recital. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for recital

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Noun

His trailblazing act had been reduced to a joyless recitation of his legal entanglements.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
The episode opens with an eerie recitation from Mike (Gary Hershberger) at the police station, which everyone swiftly ignores.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026

Definition of recitation

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Yet despite their contrasting presentations, there is little to distinguish their strategies at this early stage.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
The commission’s vote followed a presentation and discussion of an annexation feasibililty study by The Corradino Group of Miami.

— Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of presentation

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

Definition of enumeration

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This is the one who shows up, locked and loaded and ready for duty, in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger, one bumpy ride of a satire slash symphony-of-burning-Rome-fiddlers.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
For more than a half-century, the multivenue complex has featured world-class symphonies, operas, dance and theater performances, along with education programs.

— E. Andrew Taylor, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of symphony

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The repetition should feel especially galling since the team already earned its promotion last week, making the climax of this week’s match just getting butts in seats.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
But they were never intended to be seen as straightforward copies of one another; the repetition is never exact.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of repetition

Noun

That’s because bank stocks are particularly difficult to forecast, given that their performance depends heavily on macro factors rather than information that management might have about the company.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Other new treatments that support guests on their personalised journeys include IV Therapy, with IV drips to enhance health and performance.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of performance

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This weekend, Ciani performs her first ever concert in Scotland, at Glasgow’s Sonica Festival, a longstanding art and experimental music festival where Ciani will perform among a lineup of other experimental artists from around the world.

— Katie Bain, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
Fans have been making the pilgrimage for years, but photographs of a mass gathering on the bridge between the band’s Prague concerts in 2024 appear to have helped fuel a modern-day boom.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of concert

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