pronouncing

present participle of pronounce
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as in proclaiming
to say officially or assertively that (something or someone) is something specified They pronounced the mission a success. She pronounced them married.

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Recent Examples of pronouncing But in this case, the AI voices were pronouncing the words incorrectly. ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 1 Sep. 2025 There will also be a naturalization ceremony pronouncing more than 300 people in Louisville as new citizens. Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Aug. 2025 The author’s physician, moments after pronouncing his patient dead, wrote a check for the apartment. Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pronouncing
Verb
  • Earnings calls are typically a masterclass in how to get away with saying as little as possible.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Anfernee laughed while saying his mom was his savior in such situations.
    Jay King, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • His legal team planned to contest the admissibility of the undercover evidence, but at a hearing in January, 2022, just as a judge’s associate began reciting the charges against him, White interrupted.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Jews have been reciting this prayer – for the release of captives – for almost a thousand years.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
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  • Trump has been proclaiming for years that his political opponents should be locked up, but there is a gulf between loudly alleging criminal behavior and amassing the evidence necessary to prove the elements of an actual crime.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
  • On Thursday, the day after Kirk died,, for example, the X account of AI chatbot Perplexity was confidently proclaiming that Kirk was still alive.
    Emma Woollacott, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • Scanbox Entertainment is set to release the film theatrically across Scandinavia in November 2025, while Wild Bunch will oversee distribution in German-speaking territories.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Educationally speaking, Oregon State University professor Ryan Mehl will work on the design and testing of cell-free systems for protein development.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • Russell, for her part, can match Sewell’s intensity without uttering a word, as in a scene where Kate silently unpins her hair while Hal spirals out over Grace’s VP offer.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So Schwarber stood there, all right, uttering phrases no player on any team ever wants to utter during this time of year.
    Jayson Stark, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • This would be the first of a half dozen reports by white observers and officials declaring that Bethea had made confessions to them.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Dems hammered for declaring state of emergency over ICE enforcement.
    , FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • The three-bedroom model is currently priced lower than the two-bedroom version on Amazon—essentially giving you an extra room for free.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Thanks for giving this beautiful baby a home!
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • The department has placed him on administrative leave pending the outcome of his immigration case but has not conceded fault, insisting that all standard vetting protocols were followed.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Scherzer could be seen shouting at Schneider, not so much pleading his case to stay in the game as insisting.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Pronouncing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pronouncing. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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