1
as in to speak
to utter clearly and distinctly
enunciate your words, and then you won't have to repeat them so often
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2
as in to announce
to make known openly or publicly
today the President enunciated a new foreign policy
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3
as in to say
to express (a thought or emotion) in words
a paper that enunciates the goals of the environmental organization
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Recent Examples of enunciate
There is only enunciating, as paragraphs of narrative are diverted into rushing mouthfuls of unintelligible high-speed monologue.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Mullan thinks the former Liverpool boss had to learn to enunciate so people in England could understand him.
—Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Love’s Travel Stops, a sponsor of Front Row, enunciated a similar concern.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
And the clean, windswept shape really enunciates this.
—Brett Berk, Architectural Digest, 25 Nov. 2024
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Mullan thinks the former Liverpool boss had to learn to enunciate so people in England could understand him.
—Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Love’s Travel Stops, a sponsor of Front Row, enunciated a similar concern.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
And the clean, windswept shape really enunciates this.
—Brett Berk, Architectural Digest, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enunciate
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Trump spoke after a swearing-in ceremony for Paul Atkins as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to USA TODAY.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Why not speak to Tzarina and check if there would be time on Alesia’s schedule to help clean up?—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2025
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Francis died Easter Monday at 88, the Vatican announced.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Wild garlic, a cousin of chives that grows from March to May, is in full bloom, officially announcing the height of spring.—
Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
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The child remains in the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement and was placed with a foster family, the agency said.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Tucked one of my wings, and just... dodged right out of there, said, 'Hell no, brother.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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Both brands articulated a very specific L.A. lifestyle—easy and aspirational—with visual assets that set the standard for the way a lot of brands tell their stories nowadays.—
Chris Wallace,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
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AEs will still need to articulate complex ideas clearly, ask thoughtful questions and adapt to what’s unsaid.—
Ray Makela,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Hailing from the Mountain State, he has been published in newspapers and magazines throughout West Virginia, as well as in Virginia.—
Chris Slater,
The Washington Examiner,
3 May 2025
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In May 2024, Combs was seen striking and dragging Ventura in a 2016 surveillance video first published by CNN.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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But coarse language is usually uttered privately, behind closed doors.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Phrases and terms that, at one point, held significance to a handful of folks in small, local ecosystems, if uttered by the right standout artist, have the potential to enter the wider cultural lexicon.—
Lawrence Burney,
Pitchfork,
18 Apr. 2025
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On May 8, 1914, Congress passed a law declaring the second Sunday of May as Mother’s Day and the next day President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the official holiday, proclaiming it also as a holiday to honor mothers whose sons had died in war.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
2 May 2025
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Dolly’s announcement proclaimed on the show’s website.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
2 May 2025
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After the meal, Patterson told the group that she had been diagnosed with cancer after noticing a bump on her elbow, and asked for advice on whether to tell her kids.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
2 May 2025
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Earlier this week, there were people in a shelter telling us about this mother, and she’s still got some bread left, or she’s still got some flour left.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025
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“Enunciate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enunciate. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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