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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 Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai signed a joint communique normalizing ties between the countries.—Mari Yamaguchi, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026 The internal communiques are going to paint a rather ugly picture.—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 9 Jan. 2026 The Quad, in a September communique, called for a three-month humanitarian truce and agreed on a joint set of principles surrounding the war, in particular that external military support must stop and Sudan’s future belongs to the Sudanese people, not warring factions.—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 29 Nov. 2025 After the contact Following the Instagram communique, Kripalani’s indie filmmaking instincts kicked in.—Sara Merican, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025 The communique said Beijing will strive to improve people’s welfare and the social security system, but did not provide details on how Beijing intends to achieve that or where the funds would come from.—Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025 The Doha summit communique didn’t stop them.—Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025 Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images Sometimes one photograph tells the story better than any communique or summit declaration.—Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
Word History
Etymology
French, from past participle of communiquer to communicate, from Latin communicare