recitations

noun

plural of recitation
as in recitals

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  1. repetitions
  2. litanies
  3. enumerations
Noun
  • Lee’s lines have the intimacy and metaphysical heft of prayer; their elegant recursions and repetitions call to mind the cycles of life, death, and rebirth.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The story’s language is incantatory, with repetitions that echo the passing scenery.
    — Anna Mebel, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of repetitions
Noun
  • Keeping the camera still in a courthouse’s small, windowless chambers, Depardon depicts these face-to-face showdowns as litanies of misery, as the officials make suspects confront the grim circumstances leading to their arrests.
    — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Hval’s restless melodies and at-times Proustian lyrics trail cigarette smoke or the fragrance of roses toward litanies of memory, all the while deconstructing the very natures of stage performance, recording technology, and digital existence.
    — Jenn Pelly, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Definition of litanies
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 drafts were messy, but, in reality, so, too, were the handwritten ones—their own version of chaos with arrows, enumerations, and strikethroughs.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Definition of enumerations
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“Recitations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitations. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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