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Recent Examples of annunciation
Last season’s Big Ten championship was an annunciation for UCLA, the program’s entrance into the nation’s elite with its first conference title in nearly two decades.
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Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Djo skates between falsetto and mellow, talky vocals with moments of funky, emphatic annunciation.
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airmail.news,
5 July 2025
One is his first memory of lying in a cradle and a falcon flying in and striking his mouth with its tail, like an annunciation.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2023
Open seams in the ceiling allow sunlight to enter in ghostly lines—some defining an alternative volume within the space, others fanning out like an annunciation.
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Dana Goodyear,
The New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2020
These will cover the birth and annunciation of Jesus and the journey and adoration of the Magi.
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Zachary Lewis,
cleveland,
4 Dec. 2019
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Djo skates between falsetto and mellow, talky vocals with moments of funky, emphatic annunciation.
—
airmail.news,
5 July 2025
One is his first memory of lying in a cradle and a falcon flying in and striking his mouth with its tail, like an annunciation.
—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2023
Open seams in the ceiling allow sunlight to enter in ghostly lines—some defining an alternative volume within the space, others fanning out like an annunciation.
—
Dana Goodyear,
The New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2020
These will cover the birth and annunciation of Jesus and the journey and adoration of the Magi.
—
Zachary Lewis,
cleveland,
4 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annunciation
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What to Watch For The proclamation comes only two days after former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham won a special election to replace an outgoing member of Parliament for Makerfield.
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The county board recently adopted a proclamation recognizing the auxiliary deputies for almost 50 years of service.
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In May, drinks giants Carlsberg and Diageo were among 40 organizations that signed a declaration of intent to scale regenerative agriculture across their supply chains, through a program developed by the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative platform.
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Brinkema, who had initially blocked the plan three weeks ago, indicated that such declarations could lead to dismissal of the lawsuit challenging the fund.
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Other recent mayors have made similar pronouncements.
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Despite the president's pronouncement, there are still questions about how quickly commercial ships can start moving, and whether Iran will truly allow those ships to resume free access in what is an international waterway.
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The utterance was used in court to convict him in 2021 of the 2000 murder of Susan Berman.
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The very utterance of the pairing — Stabler to Biletnikoff — has a nice rat-a-tat-tat sound to it.
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According to Baudrillard, consumption is institutionalized as a signification as well as a social differentiation process.
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Both artists draw from their Renaissance references to take up the significations of light, mass, and scale.
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While stablecoins promise faster, cheaper cross-border payments, the real challenge lies in navigating complex licensing requirements and integrating with traditional fiat systems.
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Baldwin’s position was that the centrality of slavery and racial subjugation in American history could not simply be reversed by legislative fiat.
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The memorandum includes a pledge by Iran to never purchase or construct nuclear weapons — a vow the Islamic Republic has made multiple times before, including by signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, in a religious edict issued by the late supreme leader and in the Obama-era nuclear accord.
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The age of the Germanic male genius delivering edicts from on high has run its course.
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Zelenskyy issued a decree on May 26 naming a unit of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA, which operated during the 1940s and 1950s and has been accused in Poland of mass killings.
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The state of emergency doesn't limit due process rights or constitutional guarantees and allows people to continue their daily activities, according to the decree.
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“Annunciation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annunciation. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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