Thesaurus results for PROCLAMATION

proclamation

noun

Definition of proclamation

as in declaration

a statement made publically The government issued a proclamation granting all workers the right to parental leave.

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Recent Examples of proclamation Honoring their decades of service to the Fox Valley, each group was presented with a proclamation. — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026 Despite decades of increasingly complex research, a 2020 review noted that a then 45-year-old proclamation was still true. — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026 The president himself no longer responds to crude price increases with a proclamation of an imminent deal with Iran. — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 The resolution requests the president issue a proclamation each year calling for the observation of Patriot Day, with flags at half-staff and a moment of silence. — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for proclamation

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But campaigners and researchers say the declaration must now lead to action.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
The burial ground was eventually forgotten until at least 2006, when the City of New York placed restrictive declarations on the site to protect those buried there.

— Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of declaration

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The decree was group portraits only — none of Holmes alone — with a very specific handful of people who were participating in the shoot.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a decree on Thursday increasing benefits of his flagship welfare program by 15%, weeks before the first round of the presidential elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of decree

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President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack in separate statements and expressed sorrow over the deaths.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Khaled Abdul Malek, who testified about being detained and tortured under Alsheikh’s direction, praised the sentence in a statement.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of statement

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Texas was on track to surpass Virginia as the state with the largest data center market in the world by the end of the decade, according to a February report from JLL, but Abbott’s Monday directive may slow that progress.

— Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 21 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

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