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Chelsea’s statement announcing Rosenior’s departure on April 22 signed off with a tone of self-aware contrition unusual in coach-sacking communiques.—
Jon MacKenzie,
New York Times,
19 May 2026 Analysts say the rest of the strategy often reads like a valentine rather than a sober national security communique.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
14 May 2026 Outsiders may struggle to work out who is in favor and who is not, until a social media post or a one-paragraph party communique resolves the rumors.—
Michael Sheridan,
Vanity Fair,
8 Apr. 2026 To understand shifts inside the gangs, analysts and officials track social media communiques, changes to drug flows and outbreaks of violence.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for communiqué
Word History
Etymology
French, from past participle of communiquer to communicate, from Latin communicare