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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.
—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
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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After Rangeview’s undefeated season went up in smoke last March at the Denver Coliseum, Archie Weatherspoon V doled out a big hug and an even bigger proclamation.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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His concern extended beyond the precise question of the neutrality proclamation; Madison offered a more general admonition against bestowing war powers on a single, potentially flawed individual.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2026
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The last time funds were available for safe room installation rebates was in 2025, which covered disaster declarations made in 2024.—
Dale Denwalt,
Oklahoman,
6 Mar. 2026
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Players and snaps added or lost are via the portal only (numbers do not include players lost due to exhausted eligibility or draft declarations).—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Analysts pore over their pronouncements to glean shifts on key issues.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Arte Moreno has said and done a lot of dumb things in his 23 years as owner of the Angels, but last week’s pronouncement that Angel fans don’t care about winning was downright senseless.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2026
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Rather than letting the gags flit by quickly, the cast pauses endlessly after each utterance to milk the laughs.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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Here’s the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz, this time with excerpts and utterances from February 15 to 21.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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More Samuel Corum/Getty Images The final version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4, contains signification revisions and rescissions to clean energy grant programs enacted as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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William is studying Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and writing a thesis on the theory of signification.—
Cressida Leyshon,
The New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2024
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Perhaps the most important impact of having term limits banned by judicial fiat has been that on national spending.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Trump loves tariffs, which are nothing more than massive tax increases imposed by fiat on America’s consumers.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
27 Feb. 2026
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That was despite a Spanish edict forbidding Pueblo people to possess horses.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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Deterrence and leverage Despite concerns that Iran’s nuclear activities shorten its path to a bomb, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed through a religious edict never to pursue a nuclear bomb.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Both sides echo optimism, but security remains a major concern along Venezuela's Arco Minero del Orinoco, a 112,000-square-kilometer mining zone in the country's south created by presidential decree in 2016.—
Lilia Luciano,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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In a decree announced on Thursday, President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 18 prisoners, including 15 people convicted on extremism charges, which are widely used in Belarus in politically motivated prosecutions.—
Yuras Karmanau,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Annunciation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annunciation. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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