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enounce

verb

Definition of enouncenext
as in to proclaim

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enounce
  1. proclaim
  2. announce
  3. declare
  4. say
  5. enunciate
  6. advertise
  7. expound
  8. look
Verb
  • In 1765 Catherine the Great, the Empress of Russia, began drafting the Nakaz, or constitution, to proclaim her sovereignty and guarantee her subjects liberty and equality.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • With no disrespect to Stafford, who has had a very good career, this is a bit like a former Linkin Park roadie proclaiming that if the band were to come out with another hit album, they’d be considered one of the five best.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of proclaim
Verb
  • The companies have not announced a specific project, deployment capacity or commercial timeline.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2026
  • When the judges announce Jude as the winner, Bi, Anna, and Joseph don’t look surprised, and each gets a small hopeful comment at the end.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of announce
Verb
  • As Sullivan declared the mistrial, another female juror closed her eyes, nodded slowly and bowed her head.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Eight years, 29 medications and 40 doctors later, his illness was declared treatment-resistant.
    — Kelly Rogers Victor, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of declare
Verb
  • Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right think tank, said Trump would be repeating the same policy mistake as his predecessor, Democratic former President Joe Biden.
    — BILL BARROW, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Hong Kong and central Chinese authorities say the laws were necessary to restore stability in the city after months of anti-government protests in 2019 that sometimes turned violent.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of say
Verb
  • But Calloway’s performance—her manic and sunny disposition, her inability to read the room, her insistence on over-enunciating the T’s in words like Latin and written—was something to behold.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026
  • Similarly, Ruby Bree requires a bit more effort to enunciate, whereas Ruby Leigh flows more naturally.
    — Liz Regalia, Parents, 23 June 2026
Definition of enunciate
Verb
  • The menu advertises Singaporean cuisine, which incorporates influences from Chinese, Malay and Indian traditions and ingredients.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • One of them almost does, reflecting on tales of the Holocaust as a Claude Lanzmann retrospective is advertised on a billboard nearby.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of advertise
Verb
  • This is in part because, whether owing to shrinking foreign-news budgets or to a reluctance to have individual correspondents expound on such a broad array of topics and countries, careers like Ascherson’s barely exist anymore.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In 2002 Thompson’s children expounded on the story and took issue with a number of Lange’s recollections, particularly that the family had sold their tires for food.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of expound
Verb
  • If Lopez keeps playing this freely, the Deacons will make that prediction — and UNC’s handling of him — look ridiculous.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In auditioning a snake, Ziegfeld looks each one in the eye, face-to-face, to evaluate the snake’s demeanor.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of look
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“Enounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enounce. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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