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Example Sentences
a politician is wise to annunciate past minor transgressions before the media make something major of them
Recent Examples on the Web
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
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1536, in the meaning defined above
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“Annunciate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annunciate. Accessed 9 Feb. 2023.
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