communiqué
noun
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ad, advert [chiefly British], advertisement, announcement, bulletin, notice, notification, posting, release
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Typically such precooked statements, or communiques, are worked out far in advance of summits. — James Hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: North Korea summit prep encapsulates Trump’s winging-it presidency," 11 June 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron said allies had reaffirmed in their communique their intention to meet the goal of 2 percent by 2024 and no more. — Washington Post, "AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely claims credit on NATO spending," 12 July 2018 The skimpy communique from the summit commits Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to lead a process with a North Korean official to be named later, at a time and place to be specified. — Heather Hurlburt, Daily Intelligencer, "These Are the Questions Foreign-Policy Experts Are Asking About the Trump-Kim Summit," 13 June 2018 In some cases, the actual summit meeting and leaders' signatures on a piece of paper or a joint communique are mere formalities as the hard work has already been done by subordinates. — Matthew Lee, Fox News, "What did Trump and Putin talk about? Only they know," 20 July 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron said allies had reaffirmed in their communique their intention to meet the goal of 2 percent by 2024 and no more. — Washington Post, "AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely claims credit on NATO spending," 12 July 2018 Macron has made clear if talks don't lead to compromise, the other six leaders would be willing to sign a joint communique by the end of the summit without the U.S. — Weijia Jiang, CBS News, "Group photo masks underlying tension at G-7 summit," 8 June 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron said allies had reaffirmed in their communique their intention to meet the goal of 2 percent by 2024 and no more. — Washington Post, "AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely claims credit on NATO spending," 12 July 2018 Another concession Iran might seek could be the inclusion of criticism of U.S. sanctions in the group’s communique. — Javier Blas, Bloomberg.com, "OPEC Heads to Decisive Meeting With Four Possible Outcomes," 22 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'communiqué.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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