proclaims

verb

present tense third-person singular of proclaim
as in announces
to make known openly or publicly loudly proclaimed her innocence, to widespread disbelief

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Recent Examples of proclaims Standing before her guards, the increasingly dictatorial ruler proclaims herself as the Chosen One to the people of King's Landing. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 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 This cage, the image proclaims, is America. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 28 May 2026 But on Change of Plans, the outfit's newest album — out now — frontman Isaac Gibson proudly proclaims that the humble group of musicians from Castlewood finally sounds most like themselves. — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 Pratt wants to add more police officers, rein in the power of public employee unions and spend less on brand-new housing for the homeless, the ad proclaims. — Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 The interior proclaims the beauty of efficient bureaucracy. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026 The new Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, which Intel proclaims is its best gaming processor ever, is set to launch for just $299. — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 11 Mar. 2026 What better way to express your love for someone than in front of a giant statue that proclaims the word? — Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proclaims
  1. announces
  2. declares
  3. publishes
  4. advertises
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  • Every few weeks, another headline announces that artificial intelligence has matched a doctor, beaten a doctor, or is finally ready to become one.
    — Arya Rao, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026
  • If that was not confusing enough, the calendar remains shrouded in uncertainty until only a few weeks before the first match of each campaign, when the PCB belatedly announces the fixtures.
    — Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of announces
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  • Below that line, oil can only be legally released if the President formally declares a severe domestic or international energy supply emergency.
    — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The Counter View On GitHub Before anyone declares a changing of the guard, look at what the adoption data will show over the next two quarters.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of declares
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  • The federal health insurance program for Americans 65 and older publishes standardized prices, and that has become a benchmark for Indiana and other states trying to control health costs.
    — Alex Olgin, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Florida already collects substantial IDEA data, monitors districts and publishes dispute-resolution resources.
    — Deborah Esther Brooks, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of publishes
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  • Vercel advertises zero markup on tokens, and Cloudflare passes provider inference prices through unchanged, charging 5% only when customers use its unified billing.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The typical listing advertises a salary of about $177,000, compared to roughly $80,000 for a non-AI role, according to LinkedIn.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of advertises

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“Proclaims.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proclaims. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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