as in to announce
to make known openly or publicly
a politician is wise to annunciate past minor transgressions before the media make something major of them
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Recent Examples of annunciate
Visiting a place again and again, year after year, annunciates the slow progress of human growth.
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Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2017
Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annunciate
Verb
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Her death was announced by General Hospital's executive producer Frank Valentini on the show's Instagram page earlier this year.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Mercedes, which has won eight Constructors’ Championships and nine Drivers’ Championships, announced on Wednesday the team would stick with the pairing for the 2026 season.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The History of Emily Montague was published in 1769, but the Canadian Confederation—the alliance of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia into an independent country separate from Great Britain—didn’t occur until 1867.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Oct. 2025
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In 2021, then-President Joe Biden proclaimed that Indigenous Peoples Day would be celebrated on the second Monday in October, though the holiday was never officially changed.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Many pundits mistakenly proclaimed the direct-to-consumer option would only benefit the uninsured and not help the majority of Americans who have private insurance coverage with prescription drug coverage.—
Bobby Jindal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The annual total of measles cases in the US – now up to 1,563 cases since January – is the highest by a significant margin since measles was declared eliminated in America a quarter-century ago.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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The Cincinnati Fire Department declared the man dead at the scene, the release says.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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It's called Silent Courier, and it's being advertised online.—
Adam Bearne,
NPR,
14 Oct. 2025
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While federal government agencies are permitted to advertise, they are meant to stick to a strict set of rules determining the type of messaging allowed.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Annunciate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annunciate. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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