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How does the verb promulgate differ from other similar words?

Some common synonyms of promulgate are announce, declare, and proclaim. While all these words mean "to make known publicly," promulgate implies the proclaiming of a dogma, doctrine, or law.

promulgated an edict of religious toleration

When is it sensible to use announce instead of promulgate?

In some situations, the words announce and promulgate are roughly equivalent. However, announce implies the declaration of something for the first time.

announced their engagement at a party

In what contexts can declare take the place of promulgate?

Although the words declare and promulgate have much in common, declare implies explicitness and usually formality in making known.

the referee declared the contest a draw

When can proclaim be used instead of promulgate?

The meanings of proclaim and promulgate largely overlap; however, proclaim implies declaring clearly, forcefully, and authoritatively.

the president proclaimed a national day of mourning

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of promulgate Some meanwhile decide to profit from the answer by producing merchandise and products/services to highlight and promulgate the answer. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025 Furthermore, your administrative decision appears to contravene the standards of care promulgated by leading professional organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Endocrine Society and the Society of Pediatric Psychology. Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2025 Since the news was promulgated, entertainment analysts have been busy looking for the murder weapon. Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 21 July 2025 The legislation also includes two bills previously passed by the House that seek to limit regulatory power, giving either Congress the power to strike down regulations promulgated by agencies. Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for promulgate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for promulgate
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  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2025
  • That expression can come in a variety of ways, such as speaking up in a group, filing an official complaint, writing or publishing those views, or demonstrating and rallying to draw attention to them.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
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  • Any Mega Millions winners will be posted here once announced by lottery officials.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Xcel and plaintiffs’ attorneys announced the settlement Wednesday, just one day before the start of jury selection in a two-month civil trial to determine blame for the 2021 wildfire that killed two people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Boulder County.
    Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
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  • Spray coated the covered clubhouse walls, soaking the shirts that proclaimed Toronto’s October future.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Armed with such sensational journalistic and fictional sources, artists from across the world, one after the other, proclaimed in virtual artistic unison that King Henry had been nothing more than a despot who essentially re-enslaved his people.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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  • Police have declared there is no ongoing threat to public safety but emphasized that the shooting remains under active investigation.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • When Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union, diaspora Armenians were a major factor in creating and sustaining the infant state.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The college did not advertise the underlying purpose of the land transfer ahead of Tuesday’s vote, posting only a vague agenda describing plans to convey unnamed property to Florida’s Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Attorneys argued Glendale's rules were overly broad and discriminatorily enforced against impoverished panhandlers, and should have applied equally to high school sports teams holding signs advertising a car wash, or Girl Scouts selling cookies, attorneys said.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Promulgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promulgate. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.

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