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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 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 One roars unimpeded through blogs, memes, forums, group texts, Substacks, and chatrooms, while another unfolds at a more stately pace, by means of policy papers, revisionist histories, and conservative political-philosophical manifestos. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 22 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
  • Apple has not made any announcements about what prompted the change.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The announcements underscore Alibaba's growing push into the machinery behind the AI boom, amid a flurry of AI infrastructure investments by its Western tech peers as the race for computing power intensifies.
    — Jenny Lee,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of announcements
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  • Explore See latest videos, charts and news City officials such as Memphis’ Mayor Paul Young were among those to present Keith’s family with the key to the city and other legislative proclamations during the ceremony.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Along the route taken by tourists and pilgrims are several steles marking ritual proclamations made on behalf of emperors during the first year of each reign.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of proclamations
Noun
  • The atmosphere feels similar to Pentecostal churches, with the hymns and spiritual declarations very familiar to those sung in other churches.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • By updating the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive to blacklist specific misleading marketing tactics, however, EmpCo could lighten the load for watchdog groups by rendering once-routine declarations off-limits.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of declarations
Noun
  • The Supreme Court issued a cascade of decisions expanding women’s rights.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • As more shoppers use it daily rather than occasionally, sodium content will start driving purchase decisions the way sugar content reshaped the yogurt aisle.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of decisions
Noun
  • The state AGs and the WGA filed suit in July after federal regulators had approved the deal, and gained surprising traction in a series of early court rulings, giving opponents of the merger hope it would be curtailed or even fully blocked.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The court rulings came just weeks before most states begin sending out ballots by mail.
    — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of rulings
Noun
  • What readers are saying The comments discuss the sale of a small town, with various opinions on potential buyers and uses for the town.
    — Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Respond when an accusation concerns something important and verifiable, such as numbers, documents or specific company actions, not tone, pricing or subjective opinions.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of opinions
Noun
  • This action follows previous directives this summer aimed at regulating data center expansion.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Glass is no stranger to such responsibilities after serving as the top cop at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for the past four and half years while leading the agency’s directives and missions.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of directives
Noun
  • Those have included previous premature pronouncements of agreements between Hamas and Israel that have left would-be donors skeptical.
    — Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In between the swaggering pronouncements, Jaggseer waxes poetic about dusty roads and Chevy trucks and reflects on humble beginnings and hard work.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of pronouncements

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“Manifestos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manifestos. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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