as in to announce
to make known openly or publicly
a politician is wise to annunciate past minor transgressions before the media make something major of them
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Recent Examples of annunciate
Visiting a place again and again, year after year, annunciates the slow progress of human growth.
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Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2017
Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annunciate
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is reportedly considering stepping down and could announce a timetable for his departure as early as Monday, according to a report published Saturday.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2026
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Pakistan has operated as a major mediator in US-Iran talks since a ceasefire was first announced.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
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His fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, and Best American Short Stories, among other publications, and his nonfiction has been published in the New York Times, Nation, Boston Globe, and elsewhere.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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It’s composed largely of her brilliant, almost painfully intimate essays, originally published in The New Yorker, about the fraught dynamics between mothers and daughters.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
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But no longer, according to a new analysis, which proclaims that the long American sellers’ market has finally ended.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Campaign posters proclaimed only 10% of incomers were needed skilled workers and that asylum seekers were more likely to be rapists.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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But Nicky stays and watches, amused as Lestat declares his new outlook on life.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
22 June 2026
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The mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, had already declared his opposition to West’s performance on social media in late March.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
21 June 2026
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The most recent fares were advertised on the cruise’s website as starting at $1,300 per person, with some activities included while others cost extra.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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The Athletic has been told that is influenced by strict limits, regulated by the communications services watchdog OFCOM, on how many adverts and how many total minutes of advertising ITV can show.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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“Annunciate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annunciate. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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