announcement

noun

ə-ˈnau̇n(t)-smənt How to pronounce announcement (audio)
Definition of announcementnext
as in advertisement
a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest an announcement was in today's paper regarding the merger of the two banks

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Recent Examples of announcement The announcement of Burgess’ return was made on Good Morning America on Monday, marking the second pro from season 35 to be officially confirmed by the show. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026 State health officials have not publicly identified Lillian as the patient referenced in the announcement. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Max Meizlish, a former Treasury official and research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said outright that Monday’s announcement falls short of the objective. — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026 The hybrid meeting, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also participating, follows President Macron's announcement that France would provide additional interceptor missiles to Kyiv. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for announcement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for announcement
  1. advertisement
  2. release
  3. ad
  4. bulletin
  5. posting
Noun
  • In the age of on-demand viewership, sports broadcasts are one of the only things people will watch with advertisements.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The beginning of the advertisement focuses on Miestowski reaching for a driver in a golf bag.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of advertisement
Noun
  • Fans online — those who’d been at the concert and those just tracking it from afar — immediately began clamoring for a commercial release of Saturday’s show.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Investigators believe the suspect, 36-year-old Benjamin Charles Parker, killed himself, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Sunday evening.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of release
Noun
  • In Florida’s Democratic Senate primary, Nixon had raised under $1 million and spent just $50,000 on digital ads.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Hilton goes on to say in a full-page ad that recently ran in a few California newspapers.
    — Linh Tat, Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of ad
Noun
  • The issue touches everything from the Chevrolet Equinox to GMC Acadia to Buick Enclave, and a new service bulletin details how techs should diagnose the issue and when to replace that pesky sensor, which is buried deep in the gearbox.
    — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But after the Sheriff’s Department released a bulletin calling for other possible victims to come forward, detectives learned of several additional burglaries possibly linked to Lavie.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of bulletin
Noun
  • The San Francisco Bay Area still leads in raw AI-specialist numbers and has a higher concentration of AI job postings overall (26%, versus 17% in New York).
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Then name the problem the role exists to solve, based on what the posting or the company has said publicly.
    — Farah Sharghi, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of posting

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“Announcement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/announcement. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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