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
Verb
  • Yet El-Sayed speaks about the controversy with something approaching amusement.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 8 July 2026
  • Referee François Letexier speaks with the Egypt team Tuesday.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 8 July 2026
Definition of speaks
Verb
  • This development means Californians will be able to check out a state parks pass for free at their local library for the foreseeable future, unless a governor or the Legislature announces otherwise.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Decades later, Guinevere brings out her ghostwritten memoir at the exact moment her estranged sibling announces an art installation called Mother.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Definition of announces
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  • Halfway through, Mando is captured by Clone Wars’ bounty hunter Embo, who was voiced by Filoni on the show but never utters so much as a single line of dialogue here.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 22 May 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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  • Collecting is often a function of loss, an attempt to save something that might otherwise disappear, as the volume’s final essay poignantly articulates.
    — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2026
  • Phil Baxter, working minimally with fruit from the renowned Ferrington Vineyard, articulates the skill in his work as knowing what not to do.
    — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 26 June 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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  • Israel retaliated with a massive military offensive that has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians, Gaza’s Health Ministry says, around half of them women and children.
    — Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The Lodging Association letter, which was written by executive director Fred Tayco, says charging hotels a flat fee could violate Proposition 26’s requirements that fees not exceed the reasonable cost of providing a service.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
Definition of says
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  • Many accomplished players carrying such clauses, however, are open to waiving the power if a team expresses a desire to move on.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 6 July 2026
  • Someone expresses displeasure, raises their voice slightly or applies the soft pressure of sustained silence, and the original position softens, shifts or vanishes entirely.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of expresses
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  • The first episode of How to Touch Grass publishes Monday, July 27, and new episodes are released every Monday for five weeks.
    — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • Every top consulting firm publishes some version of an article identifying this.
    — Caitlin Hewes, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of publishes

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