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enunciated

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verb

past tense of enunciate
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Recent Examples of enunciated
Adjective
Lightfoot’s vocals were added later, as his crisply enunciated singing, vivid lyrics and Irish-style folk melody sold the storytelling. Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
Rice’s lyrics are carefully enunciated and given nuanced line readings. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026 Arsene Wenger was plucked from ‘Japan’, as Sir Alex Ferguson memorably enunciated it, in 1996. Michael Cox, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026 Xi also invoked Panchsheel—the five principles of peaceful coexistence jointly enunciated by India and China in 1954—but Modi chose not to respond. Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enunciated
Adjective
  • With articulated knees and dual-layer knee panels and kickplates, they’re made for serious hiking and rated highly for multiday backpacking adventures.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026
  • So to have an actual articulated toy, and one that looks incredibly faithful to the original design from the manga, is genuinely wonderful.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Shortly after arrival at the hospital, deputies said that 8-year-old Camila Leon had succumbed to her injuries.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Another person, Robert Zanolla, faces charges of felony conspiracy and criminal use of a communication facility, as well as related misdemeanors, the office said.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Lenti Ponsetto, after 18 years leading DePaul athletics—and 42 years overall at the private Big East school—announced her retirement in June 2020, just six weeks after Conviser filed her initial suit in Cook County court.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Trump’s White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced her resignation shortly after the airplane-swap incident.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Hochman detailed a number of prosecutions, including the sentence of one man to a life sentence plus seven years with the possibility of parole for a March 23 attack, during which racial epithets were uttered.
    City News Service, Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • After so many games this season, some version of that adage, a verbal shrug and a nod to how unpredictable the sport is, has been uttered in the Padres clubhouse.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026
Adjective
  • Sorry to disappoint, but the slope at St James’ Park remains — albeit in a less pronounced form.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This contrast with the rest of the world was even more pronounced in natural gas.
    Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Inde Navarrette, who had expressed interest in Mystique, was a surprise reveal as Rogue.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • In the post’s caption, Love expressed her desire to return to the stage.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Yesterday, OpenAI president Greg Brockman published an essay called The Defender’s Window, using the Hugging Face incident as his opening example.
    Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Right Now, published by Random House, and is a contributor to The Washington Post, Food & Wine, Saveur and Delish.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Dallas appellate attorney David Coale, who has handled appeals for decades, told CBS News Texas after the trial that Anthony's team could have several strong arguments over whether the trial was handled correctly.
    CBS Texas Staff, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Nearly an hour after Nolan was last seen, friends on one of the boats noticed its bilge pump had failed and water was rapidly filling the hull, Tyler Cox and Edward Paltzik, attorneys for the friends, told CNN.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

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“Enunciated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enunciated. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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