An Alternative To A Politician Speechifying Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
	42%	10		Speechifying tactic aiming to hinder a decision
	noun • a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes • (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches verb • obstruct deliberately by delaying
	42%	10		Speechifying
	verb • conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation • deliver an oration in grandiloquent style

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