manifestos

noun

variants or manifestoes
plural of manifesto
as in announcements
a written statement that describes the policies, goals, and opinions of a person or group The group's manifesto focused on helping the poor and stopping violence.

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Recent Examples of manifestos To some critics, their public manifestos appeared aimed at currying favor with investors ahead of their public listings and the midterm elections, when the political tides could turn with many voters opposed to data centers. — Garance Burke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Investigators quickly discovered that Hollander’s motives may have centered around his lawsuits, online postings and manifestos that denounced feminism and promoted the men’s rights movement. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026 The generation that writes TikTok manifestos about billionaire greed and the widening wealth gap has somehow, simultaneously, made the aesthetics of extreme wealth concentration its dominant cultural fantasy. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 In the years of the French Revolution and during the Italian Risorgimento, the itinerants carried in their baskets—hidden below the books—various leaflets and manifestos of secret societies conspiring against the ancien régime. — Literary Hub, 22 July 2026 The manifestos — together consist of 75 pages rife with slurs and neo-Nazi symbols — call for the massacre of a cross-section of religious and ethnic groups and others. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026 In Ron Howard's true-life historical thriller, Jude Law and Vanessa Kirby are 1930s German lovers working on philosophical manifestos on a remote island in the Galápagos. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025 In the early twentieth century, artists were driven to write manifestos proclaiming the groundbreaking nature of their work. — Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025 Earlier shooters in El Paso and Christchurch posted manifestos on 8chan before livestreaming their crimes. — Stepheny Price , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manifestos
  1. announcements
  2. proclamations
  3. declarations
  4. decisions
  5. rulings
  6. opinions
  7. directives
  8. pronouncements
Noun
  • Nor is there evidence in these announcements that either operator has misused guest information.
    — Burak Oktenli, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The soon-closing Lee’s Summit spot has been open since 2012, according to previous opening announcements on social media.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of announcements
Noun
  • To accelerate deer control measures, Hawaiʻi has issued more than two dozen emergency proclamations in recent years.
    — Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • All these people are always at parties and issuing proclamations to each other at parties.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of proclamations
Noun
  • The boldest declarations of solidarity, Lee knows, often precede the quietest and cruellest of betrayals.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The invasive species, first discovered in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in October 2024, has prompted emergency declarations in Sacramento, Yolo, San Joaquin and Kern counties.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of declarations
Noun
  • Human personnel retain oversight of the identification process and subsequent operational decisions.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This story is part of a statewide partnership of more than 30 nonpartisan newsrooms and universities working to help Florida voters make informed decisions in the 2026 elections.
    — Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of decisions
Noun
  • Reddington said, saying the prosecution should not have to wait for rulings to make a decision on charges.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The unpredictable nature of court rulings — and whether appeals by the NCAA ultimately will rule out those currently eligible — have left coaches like Lloyd throwing up their hands in frustration.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of rulings
Noun
  • Episodes are constructed to hook viewers quickly while giving them enough information to form opinions about the characters — there’s an active following on Discord where fans share plenty of comments, theories and debates.
    — Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Simon’s hospitalization unites his estranged parents, played by the always-nice-to-encounter Joaquina Kalukango and Jason Tam, who have differing opinions about whether to take him off life support.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of opinions
Noun
  • The proclamation reiterates the administration's goals with NASA's Artemis program to return American astronauts to the moon by 2028 and eventually sending astronauts to Mars, but introduces no new funding, programs or policy directives.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • State agencies like the Florida Highway Patrol have aggressively pursued ICE directives.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of directives
Noun
  • Lured in by such shiny baubles, the responsible critic should avoid making premature, weepingly sincere pronouncements.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Musk is savvy at securing investment, whether his shiny pronouncements about the future prove real or not.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of pronouncements

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“Manifestos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manifestos. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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