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annunciation

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Definition of annunciation

as in proclamation

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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. — 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

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Noun

Despite decades of increasingly complex research, a 2020 review noted that a then 45-year-old proclamation was still true.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Pritzker also issued a Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation, extending last month's proclamation for an additional 30 days to provide continued support for local response efforts and recovery operations from the storms.

— CBS Chicago Team, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of proclamation

Noun

When Kuminga first arrived in town, superstar Anthony Edwards greeted him with a warm hug, a big smile and an eye-opening declaration.

— Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Related Stories Some concrete declarations regarding trade were unveiled at the held on the stunning grounds of the Fondation Maeght art foundation and museum complex.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of declaration

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Despite many pronouncements from Washington that the strait is open, only a handful of ships are making the passage each day and Iran has regularly attacked vessels.

— David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Stülpnagel drops in, makes vague, benevolent pronouncements, and asks Frank to hide little notes for fellow anti-Hitler plotters.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of pronouncement

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Indeed, our public institutions encourage the promulgation of private paperwork.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
From at least this point on—if not earlier, given the promulgation of the Golden Bull—the Holy Roman Empire was an explicitly German state divorced from its historical connection to the papacy.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Definition of promulgation

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No coach claimed it, no campaign minted it, and more than three decades later, tracing down its first utterance remains a tall order.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
His public utterances will brim with courtly niceties, and with legal and ecclesiastical arcana.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of utterance

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According to Baudrillard, consumption is institutionalized as a signification as well as a social differentiation process.

— Ayse Binay Kurultay, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 May 2026
Both artists draw from their Renaissance references to take up the significations of light, mass, and scale.

— Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026

Definition of signification

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Stablecoin payments still depend on liquidity, conversion, regulation, custody and access to fiat infrastructure.

— Ozan Ozerk, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Baldwin’s position was that the centrality of slavery and racial subjugation in American history could not simply be reversed by legislative fiat.

— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Definition of fiat

Noun

The film by and large follows the edicts of Iranian neorealism, with unobtrusive observations and a naturalistic soundscape.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Last week, OutKick explained how Magnus undermined his own edict and vision by hiring back Stan Verrett to host a throwaway show on NFL Network.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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