pronouncement
noun
pro·nounce·ment
prə-ˈnau̇n(t)s-mənt 
1
: a usually formal declaration of opinion
2
: an authoritative announcement
Examples of pronouncement in a Sentence
He made some important pronouncements on government policy.
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In the face of policy zig-zags and on-again/off-again pronouncements, the prudent stance is to hold fast, keep one’s powder dry and avoid further risk.
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Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Many of Trump’s pronouncements are a rehash of things his aides dissuaded him from following through on during his first four years in office.
—Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Her pronouncement speaks to the vision for many African satellite cities, as places apart from the continent’s urban jungles.
—Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2025
Her symptoms include vomiting up clots of hair, bile and sewing pins; making scary pronouncements in a guttural voice that is not her own; and being unusually attractive to wasps, whose carcasses litter her bedclothes.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Many of Trump’s pronouncements are a rehash of things his aides dissuaded him from following through on during his first four years in office.
—Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Her pronouncement speaks to the vision for many African satellite cities, as places apart from the continent’s urban jungles.
—Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2025
Her symptoms include vomiting up clots of hair, bile and sewing pins; making scary pronouncements in a guttural voice that is not her own; and being unusually attractive to wasps, whose carcasses litter her bedclothes.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Pronouncement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pronouncement. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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pronouncement
noun
pro·nounce·ment
prə-ˈnau̇n(t)-smənt
: an official or solemn statement or announcement
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