as in declarations
a statement made publically
The government issued a proclamation granting all workers the right to parental leave.
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Recent Examples of proclamations
Kansas representatives Valdenia Winn and Wanda Brownlee Paige presented Spurlock the proclamations.
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Pj Green
april 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
His executive orders are very much akin to royal proclamations.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Governors and senators sent proclamations.
—Olivia Almagro, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
The Wendy Eisenberg of Wendy Eisenberg is newly unafraid of love songs, or at least unembarrassed by their proclamations.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026
Still, claims Block, don’t expect GammaTime to be adapting outlandish stories such as previous proclamations from the Enquirer that Hillary Clinton and Cher were on their death beds.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
The disorientation and disgust that so many people experienced in response to Trump’s thundering, violent proclamations is important.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
Trump keeps making foreign policy proclamations and decisions that serve Putin’s interests rather than our own.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 8 Apr. 2026
Many technology companies issue vague proclamations about improving the world, then go about maximizing revenue.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Pj Green
april 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
His executive orders are very much akin to royal proclamations.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Governors and senators sent proclamations.
—Olivia Almagro, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
The Wendy Eisenberg of Wendy Eisenberg is newly unafraid of love songs, or at least unembarrassed by their proclamations.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026
Still, claims Block, don’t expect GammaTime to be adapting outlandish stories such as previous proclamations from the Enquirer that Hillary Clinton and Cher were on their death beds.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
The disorientation and disgust that so many people experienced in response to Trump’s thundering, violent proclamations is important.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
Trump keeps making foreign policy proclamations and decisions that serve Putin’s interests rather than our own.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 8 Apr. 2026
Many technology companies issue vague proclamations about improving the world, then go about maximizing revenue.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proclamations
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These proposals influenced numerous other declarations and treaties, including Europe’s Copyright for Creativity, the Access to Knowledge Treaty, and the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Development Agenda.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
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Now is the time for Colorado leaders to push back on this bad decision and fight for a future where disaster declarations are considered on their merits and qualifications, not on the angry whims of one man.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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On Sunday, thousands marched in Santiago in protest of Kast’s rollback of dozens of environmental decrees.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
23 Mar. 2026
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The decrees rolled back by Kast’s administration had been signed during the government of left-wing former Chilean leader Gabriel Boric, whom Kast replaced as president earlier this month.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, the state passed a law in 2013 requiring police to make video and audio recordings of statements from people arrested for major crimes.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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By the end of the first period Sunday, neither of those statements were true.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Bass has previously announced directives regarding strategic LAPD deployment, including in March after a brawl broke out in connection to a street takeover near upscale apartments in downtown.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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If demand rises faster than infrastructure can be approved and built, reliability erodes, reserve margins thin, queues lengthen, delays compound, costs rise, and strategic directives become harder to realize.—
Dan Romito,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Proclamations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proclamations. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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