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a speech that was an oratorical endorsement of the value of education but one that refused to call for greater spending on education
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There are indeed many reasons to think that this week’s oratorical showdown between Joe Biden and Donald Trump will be of no real consequence.
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Vox Staff, Vox, 28 June 2024
The strength of the words, too, depends on their ability to capture the ex-President’s oratorical cadence.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
Weeks of writing, editing and practicing aloud had led to this moment: a chance to win an oratorical contest sponsored by the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
Among them, Oppenheimer carried the most authority as a result of his leadership of Los Alamos and his oratorical gifts.
—Charles Thorpe, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
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Vox Staff, Vox, 28 June 2024
The strength of the words, too, depends on their ability to capture the ex-President’s oratorical cadence.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
Weeks of writing, editing and practicing aloud had led to this moment: a chance to win an oratorical contest sponsored by the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
Among them, Oppenheimer carried the most authority as a result of his leadership of Los Alamos and his oratorical gifts.
—Charles Thorpe, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
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“Oratorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oratorical. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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oratorical
adjective
or·a·tor·i·cal
ˌȯr-ə-ˈtȯr-i-kəl 
ˌär-ə-ˈtär-
: of, relating to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory
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