promulgation

Definition of promulgationnext

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Noun
  • The Backyard was incorporated into the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument when it was created by presidential proclamation in 2022.
    John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Several states previously recognized a day on or near Chavez's March 31 birthday as an annual holiday, and in 2014 President Barack Obama signed a proclamation commemorating March 31 as César Chavez Day.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Digital services are also required to implement an effective age verification mechanism that goes beyond self-declaration.
    Barbara Ortutay, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The company sued earlier this month to block a declaration by the Defense Department that Anthropic posed a threat to the US supply chain, escalating a high-stakes dispute over safeguards on AI technology used by the military.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But that messaging appears to be wearing thin as the president’s various pronouncements have done little to change the reality that a large chunk of the world’s energy supplies is stranded by the conflict.
    Josh Boak, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • In modern central banking, policymakers’ pronouncements often shape the economy as much as their actual decisions.
    Paul Wachtel, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Certain signs, such as the recent decree by the municipal authorities of Damascus confining the sale of alcohol to Christian neighborhoods, are ominous.
    Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Noboa last year issued a decree blacklisting Hezbollah and Palestinian militant group Hamas as terrorist organizations.
    CBS News, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Also, an edict was issued directing people to use the bathroom of their gender assigned at birth, Brinkmeyer said.
    Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
  • In 2003, as the United States invaded Iraq over false claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, Khamenei issued a religious edict — a fatwa — declaring nuclear weapons to be forbidden under Islam.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That motion is pending a ruling.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2026
  • However, even if the NCPC approves the plan, the project can’t move forward due to Leon’s ruling.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But is finishing by fiat actually finishing for real?
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • When processes break down—whether because billionaires operate above the law, presidents govern by fiat, or monopolies crush competition—that belief evaporates.
    Anthony Scaramucci, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • More Samuel Corum/Getty Images The final version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4, contains signification revisions and rescissions to clean energy grant programs enacted as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
  • William is studying Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and writing a thesis on the theory of signification.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
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“Promulgation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promulgation. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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