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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 Local media also reported that the Marvdasht industrial estate near Shiraz was also targeted, with the electricity utility plant of the Marvdasht Petrochemical Plant being hit according to a communique issued by the Marvdasht governorate.—
Kay Armin Serjoie,
Time,
6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for communiqué
Word History
Etymology
French, from past participle of communiquer to communicate, from Latin communicare