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promulgation

noun

Definition of promulgation

as in proclamation

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Recent Examples of promulgation Indeed, our public institutions encourage the promulgation of private paperwork. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026 From at least this point on—if not earlier, given the promulgation of the Golden Bull—the Holy Roman Empire was an explicitly German state divorced from its historical connection to the papacy. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

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Noun

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
Pritzker also issued a Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation, extending last month's proclamation for an additional 30 days to provide continued support for local response efforts and recovery operations from the storms.

— CBS Chicago Team, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of proclamation

Noun

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

Noun

Leadership authority is the end result of decisions taken under pressure, compromises admitted openly, tough spots entered personally and commitments kept following the pronouncement.

— Jon Michail, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Despite many pronouncements from Washington that the strait is open, only a handful of ships are making the passage each day and Iran has regularly attacked vessels.

— David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of pronouncement

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The electoral decree only lists the UN sanctions as a reason under which someone can be barred from running for office.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
But the president has total discretion on when to issue the decree, so Lula can sit on it as long as is politically convenient.

— Marina Dias, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of decree

Noun

The film by and large follows the edicts of Iranian neorealism, with unobtrusive observations and a naturalistic soundscape.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Last week, OutKick explained how Magnus undermined his own edict and vision by hiring back Stan Verrett to host a throwaway show on NFL Network.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of edict

Noun

DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek took her legal fight over how her office is run to a panel of three appellate court justices this week, asking them to overturn earlier rulings made by a county judge on billing and bidding procedures.

— Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
The ruling was widely seen by progressives as subjugating the role of the individual in the election process to that of the corporation.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruling

Noun

Stablecoin payments still depend on liquidity, conversion, regulation, custody and access to fiat infrastructure.

— Ozan Ozerk, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Baldwin’s position was that the centrality of slavery and racial subjugation in American history could not simply be reversed by legislative fiat.

— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Definition of fiat

Noun

According to Baudrillard, consumption is institutionalized as a signification as well as a social differentiation process.

— Ayse Binay Kurultay, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 May 2026
Both artists draw from their Renaissance references to take up the significations of light, mass, and scale.

— Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026

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