as in proclamation
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Recent Examples of annunciation
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.
—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
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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Texas’ takeover of the park came years into an ongoing disaster proclamation over the border that Abbott first issued in 2021.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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In a memorable moment for at least some of the people involved, Vicious and ABBA were both in Arlanda Airport in Stockholm when a smitten Vicious spotted the band and started running toward them with proclamations of love.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
Noun
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On Tuesday, the Department of Energy issued an emergency declaration for the Carolinas allowing Duke Energy to exceed pollution limits at its power plants to meet the load brought about by the heatwave.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The same weather system spawned tornadoes that were blamed for three deaths in eastern North Dakota. Both Bemidji and Beltrami County have announced separate emergency declarations that were each extended during separate meetings Monday.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Zooming Out To See The Vision At Play Many leaders treat vision like a pronouncement.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a pronouncement that stunned the global health world.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Here’s the latest installment of the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz, this time with excerpts and utterances from May 11 to 17.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
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Verbatim transcripts, which include every utterance as is, start at $1.75 per minute.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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What once had been a multitude of beings with varying cultural and spiritual significations—not to mention consciousnesses of their own—became commodities that held value only when inserted into a by-now self-propelling and endlessly expanding market.—
Ben Ehrenreich,
The New Republic,
10 May 2023
Noun
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Stablecoins are a class of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value by tying their worth to traditional assets, such as fiat currencies, specifically, the U.S. dollar.—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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However, users need to be able to convert these digital assets to fiat currency and back again.—
Kate Drew,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
Noun
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President Trump’s new travel ban has sparked widespread outrage and fear in New York’s sprawling Haitian community, by far the biggest local diaspora group affected by the edict aimed at 12 nations.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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In the meantime, however, these discriminatory government edicts will continue to violate Coloradans’ rights of free speech and free exercise of religion, and adversely impact the privacy, safety, professional conduct, and even health of those who disagree with the government’s ideology.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2025
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So, the official divorce decree has been delayed because of me starting in Sacramento, and per the terms of agreement, there are some nuances and whatnot.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
21 June 2025
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For two years, news of the Emancipation Proclamation was kept from enslaved people across the South, until Major General Gordon Granger made the long-overdue final enforcement of the decree in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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“Annunciation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annunciation. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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