pronouncement
noun
pro·nounce·ment
prə-ˈnau̇n(t)s-mənt 
1
: a usually formal declaration of opinion
2
: an authoritative announcement
Examples of pronouncement in a Sentence
He made some important pronouncements on government policy.
Recent Examples on the Web
This pronouncement has always been an awkward fit with the movement’s vigorous defense of the gun show loophole.
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Francis Wilkinson, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
As Trump campaigns to retake the White House, polls suggest Republicans have become increasingly willing to accept his pronouncements, even as a cottage industry of fact-checkers suggests reality lies elsewhere.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
There was no mastermind at its center; Q barked out his pronouncements, but was no more real than the Wizard of Oz.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
Although Jones wasn’t actually the first to notice the similarities, his pronouncement that there must be a common origin helped to spur on a movement to compare languages and trace their relationships.
—Kurt Kleiner, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
There aren’t too many occasions of formal pronouncements in one’s life.
—Julia Cho, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024
Now as the money has dried up and many tech start-ups grapple with a downturn, investors are pickier, customers are warier of bold claims and employees are more suspicious of founder pronouncements.
—Erin Griffith, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The saga of mobilizing those frozen assets to help Ukraine in some ways captures the mood in Europe, as bold pronouncements about stopping Putin and standing with Ukraine until victory come up against the grim realities of the war.
—Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Some also theorize that an aging product line coupled with a steady stream of controversial pronouncements by Tesla’s Musk have turned off consumers — particularly in Democratic-heavy counties where EVs are most popular.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
Francis Wilkinson, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
As Trump campaigns to retake the White House, polls suggest Republicans have become increasingly willing to accept his pronouncements, even as a cottage industry of fact-checkers suggests reality lies elsewhere.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
There was no mastermind at its center; Q barked out his pronouncements, but was no more real than the Wizard of Oz.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
Although Jones wasn’t actually the first to notice the similarities, his pronouncement that there must be a common origin helped to spur on a movement to compare languages and trace their relationships.
—Kurt Kleiner, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
There aren’t too many occasions of formal pronouncements in one’s life.
—Julia Cho, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024
Now as the money has dried up and many tech start-ups grapple with a downturn, investors are pickier, customers are warier of bold claims and employees are more suspicious of founder pronouncements.
—Erin Griffith, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The saga of mobilizing those frozen assets to help Ukraine in some ways captures the mood in Europe, as bold pronouncements about stopping Putin and standing with Ukraine until victory come up against the grim realities of the war.
—Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Some also theorize that an aging product line coupled with a steady stream of controversial pronouncements by Tesla’s Musk have turned off consumers — particularly in Democratic-heavy counties where EVs are most popular.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
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pronouncement
noun
pro·nounce·ment
prə-ˈnau̇n(t)-smənt
: an official or solemn statement or announcement
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