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Recent Examples of annunciation
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.
—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
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
Noun
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Lincoln wasn't the first president to issue a Thanksgiving proclamation — George Washington did so in 1789.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Presidents after Washington also issued proclamations for Thanksgiving, but the months and days of official Thanksgiving celebrations varied.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Oct. 2025
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Melissa has since weakened to a Category 3 hurricane and continues to move north, triggering widespread flooding and emergency declarations across the Caribbean.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Her public declaration inspired another.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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While Putin's pronouncements have gained the attention of the West, experts say there is little evidence so far that the Russian government is attempting any serious escalation beyond Putin's rhetoric.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
30 Oct. 2025
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In the short term, Taipei’s envelope-pushing pronouncements clearly precipitate greater Chinese coercion.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
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At Twin Bridge there were words whose utterance was forbidden, but no one could stop you from thinking them AS LOUD AS YOU CAN.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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One of the few people that, with a single utterance, could move billions is Taylor Swift.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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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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At the Greenwich Economic Forum in October, Dalio urged investors to allocate around 15% of their portfolios to gold, saying the metal’s surge reflects a shift away from debt assets and fiat currencies, reminding him of the 1970s.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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As the metal hits new highs, veteran hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has urged investors to allocate as much as 15% of their portfolio to gold, as debt levels, inflation and government spending erode confidence in paper assets and fiat currencies.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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Owners who defy this edict will be tied down and forced to watch their machines being destroyed during a demolition derby that will be free for the public to watch.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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Of course, Nix never has to worry about the pain his defensive teammates can inflict, protected in practice by the strict don’t-touch-the-QB edict.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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What’s more, after the Velvet Revolution of 1989, Czechs who had their property seized by the state were allowed to reclaim much of it through a restitution system – but not ethnic Germans who lost it under the post-war Benes decrees.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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The violence reached such a fever pitch that in April 1932, the federal government banned the SA through an emergency decree.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Annunciation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annunciation. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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