enunciates

verb

present tense third-person singular of enunciate
1
as in speaks
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 announces
to make known openly or publicly today the President enunciated a new foreign policy

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3
as in utters
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 enunciates In addition, the order enunciates a series of rule recommendations that appear to match NCAA rules and support the collegiate governing body in antitrust litigation against those rules. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enunciates
  1. speaks
  2. announces
  3. utters
  4. articulates
  5. proclaims
  6. says
  7. expresses
  8. publishes
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  • The slate for this year’s Midnight Madness very much speaks to that ethos, as Kuplowsky walked us through the 10 films that make up this year’s energizing movie mix tape.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2026
  • New alliance Republican nominee for governor Rick Jackson (right) speaks with moderator Brian Robinson during the Georgia Chamber’s annual congressional luncheon in Athens on Wednesday.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of speaks
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  • Concertgoers gather outside Chase Center after a message announces that Earth, Wind and Fire is unable to perform due to a medical emergency involving a member of the band in San Francisco, California, August 6, 2026.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • That is why Whole Foods Market, the nation’s largest natural grocer, today announces a partnership with the National Young Farmers Coalition to launch the Next Generation Farmer Fund.
    — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of announces
Verb
  • At the film’s end, Abbie Cornish as Fanny hears secondhand about Keats’s death and utters a cry that is almost too much to bear — a cry that feels too real.
    — Sarah Chihaya, Vulture, 16 July 2026
  • Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Definition of utters
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  • But even more so, the reparations movement articulates the need for a long-term process of undoing the damage done.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
  • Its Quantum 2030 vision, first launched in 2023 and now entering the implementation phase, articulates a bold set of actions that are aimed at making Ireland an internationally competitive quantum hub for research, innovation, and collaboration.
    — Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of articulates
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  • But no longer, according to a new analysis, which proclaims that the long American sellers’ market has finally ended.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • Across 45 recipes — each its own kind of breadcrumb-naming treatise — the duo proclaims how versatile the kitchen staple both is and can be.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 8 June 2026
Definition of proclaims
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  • Ruiter says teachers often provide materials that aren't covered by school budgets.
    — Tori Mason, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Wednesday, Warren police got a 911 call reporting a man lying on the ground outside an apartment in the 900 block of Halligan Street, the release says.
    — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of says
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  • Her promise expresses, in some way, her kinship with her unmarried aunt, who didn’t trade her own freedom for a set of good knives.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Payne, a close graduate school friend who previously spoke with Fox News Digital, shares new photos of Brooke from their grad school years and expresses growing frustration over the lack of progress in the investigation nearly two months later.
    — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of expresses
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  • Her lab publishes a curriculum for adolescents on the risks of oral tobacco and other drugs.
    — Joseph Kim, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The multidisciplinary, fully gold-open-access journal publishes research results across all IEEE fields of interest.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
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