1
as in to speak
to utter clearly and distinctly
enunciate your words, and then you won't have to repeat them so often
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2
as in to announce
to make known openly or publicly
today the President enunciated a new foreign policy
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3
as in to say
to express (a thought or emotion) in words
a paper that enunciates the goals of the environmental organization
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Recent Examples of enunciate
Sure, the park draws scores of tourists and drunk goofballs from April through September, but hard-core baseball fans are packing the park and hanging on every Pat Hughes enunciated syllable.
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Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Sure, the park draws scores of tourists and drunk goofballs from April through September, but hard-core baseball fans are packing the park and hanging on every Pat Hughes enunciated syllable.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
There is only enunciating, as paragraphs of narrative are diverted into rushing mouthfuls of unintelligible high-speed monologue.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Mullan thinks the former Liverpool boss had to learn to enunciate so people in England could understand him.
—Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
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Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Sure, the park draws scores of tourists and drunk goofballs from April through September, but hard-core baseball fans are packing the park and hanging on every Pat Hughes enunciated syllable.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
There is only enunciating, as paragraphs of narrative are diverted into rushing mouthfuls of unintelligible high-speed monologue.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Mullan thinks the former Liverpool boss had to learn to enunciate so people in England could understand him.
—Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enunciate
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But six months is still a long time to remember who everybody is on a show with dozens of speaking roles, most of them played by actors in identical jumpsuits, and/or wearing masks.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
27 June 2025
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Parents recently spoke with experts to better understand how these camps can actually help counteract troubling trends among boys, and how families can make the best decision for them.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
27 June 2025
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The remaining eight starters for the All-Star Game will also be announced on Monday.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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Just days ago, Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s Robotaxis would begin official testing in Austin, Texas.—
Utkarsh Sood
June 29,
New Atlas,
29 June 2025
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In addition to frequent password updates, individuals will need to be more alert about the increasing amount of malware hiding in illegitimate software, applications and other downloadable files, Valenzuela said.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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An unknown gunman shot the boy while inside an apartment on the 6400 block of South Ingleside Avenue just after 6 p.m., police said.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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Dash can’t walk, sit up on his own, or articulate his words.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
19 June 2025
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Starting with his founding of the conservative magazine National Review in 1955, Buckley largely defined and articulated the ideas that would dominate Republican politics, at least until recently.—
Terry W. Hartle,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 June 2025
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Fox News Digital sent press queries to the White House and the U.S. State Department, seeking comment about the open letter published on Truth Social to President Trump.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2025
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Source: National Interagency Fire Center This story was originally published June 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
21 June 2025
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During a recent interview, the former MVP uttered a bold prediction regarding a key member of the Dallas Cowboys roster.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Scenes of long discussions seem brisk, even at pensive tempi, because of the way that the lines uttered strike off one another—and because of the energetically thoughtful performances that bring the characters to life.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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In front of an excited crowd of Venezuelans in Miami in 2019, the president proclaimed that Maduro’s days were numbered.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2025
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The holiday marks the date in 1865 – more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation – that Major General Gordon Granger and 2,000 Union Army troops came to Galveston Bay, Texas, to proclaim freedom for more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
20 June 2025
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Roley's grandfather, Dale Roley, told the New York Times on Monday that the suspect was working for a tree company and had expressed interest in becoming a forest firefighter.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
1 July 2025
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The suspect has been identified as Wess Roley, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Monday.—
Rebecca Boone,
Chicago Tribune,
1 July 2025
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“Enunciate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enunciate. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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