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  nominating speech
       n : an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the
           name of a candidate to run for election; "the nomination
           was brief and to the point" [syn: nominating address, nomination]

  nominating speech /nˈɒmɪnˌeɪtɪŋ spˈiːtʃ/
  Nominierungsrede  [pol.]
   see: speech, address, television address, welcoming speech, welcoming address, acceptance speech, campaign speech, stump speech