annunciation

noun

Definition of annunciationnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annunciation
  1. proclamation
  2. declaration
  3. pronouncement
  4. promulgation
  5. utterance
  6. signification
  7. fiat
  8. edict
Noun
  • Since January 1, Presidential Proclamation 10998 has suspended visa issuance to Afghan nationals and removed the exemption that had covered Afghan SIVs in a preceding proclamation.
    — Matthew Marcellus, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The proclamation was accompanied by a fact sheet that noted that the Oval Office deserves greater recognition and protection.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of proclamation
Noun
  • Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined around 20 other countries and the European Commission in a declaration insisting that AI remain under human control.
    — Stephen Pitt-Walker, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The declaration was a public health triumph over the virus, which is among the most contagious on Earth.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of declaration
Noun
  • Stockhausen, never known for the nuance of his public pronouncements, was nonetheless not wrong to identify Aphex Twin’s debt to an African-diasporic rhythmic tradition.
    — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Ruthless binary pronouncements, delivered without elaboration, were the extent of Gregory’s critical perspective.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of pronouncement
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • But Sprenger is like Victor Frankenstein, his electronic voice and its warped utterances breathing an uneasiness into everything around it.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
  • When even an unregulated utterance can end a life, and when such utterances are made to go unwitnessed, what remains?
    — Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of utterance
Noun
  • Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Wrapped Reichstag, 1995, suggested a building undergoing metamorphosis, marking it as a site where the chain of signification ruptures to give form, as in Psychopedis’s painting, to a secret.
    — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • According to Baudrillard, consumption is institutionalized as a signification as well as a social differentiation process.
    — Ayse Binay Kurultay, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 May 2026
Definition of signification
Noun
  • Few institutions will want to build blockchain connectivity, wallet infrastructure, liquidity access, fiat conversion rails and multi-jurisdiction compliance controls from scratch.
    — Pratik Khowala, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Bitget has scheduled withdrawals for its remaining cryptocurrencies, along with fiat and peer-to-peer services, to resume on Friday.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of fiat
Noun
  • There's no religious edict against vaccination among the Amish.
    — Maria Godoy, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026
  • But this exploitation of Catholic bishops who were praying for their president, not delivering papal edicts with political patinas, feels especially repulsive.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of edict

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