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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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.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Born in New York to Nigerian parents, Folarin Balogun speaks with a British accent, courtesy of a childhood largely forged in England.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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OpenAI Ceo Sam Altman speaks to journalists after meeting with US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
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Isar raises funding, announces new launch date.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2026
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The Social Security Administration typically announces the COLA for the following year in October, and the change is based on third-quarter data.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
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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
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Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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The film expertly articulates how to tell a story using every tool of our craft, leaving no tool unused.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
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The villain of the film is an ideology that Benji articulates to Miranda when he’s poised to take control of Runway.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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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
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This cage, the image proclaims, is America.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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Carpenter also says the district is closely monitoring some potential cuts to federal grants for students of poverty and language learners.—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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And there was luck in that, the coach says.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Kantor expresses an empathy for young people that the more callous of this year’s graduation speakers seemed to lack.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Potential for harm The executive order expresses concern about AI systems that can discover software vulnerabilities and write malicious code to exploit them.—
Anjana Susarla,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
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The company’s medical affairs team publishes the trial results in a top-tier journal, corporate communication issues a press release, and its commercial teams train sales representatives on key messages to communicate to doctors.—
Ivy Buche,
Harvard Business Review,
12 June 2026
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Each and every week, when Billboard publishes its charts again, Blackpink singer Jennie makes history in one form or another.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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“Enunciates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enunciates. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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