as in announcement
formal
an official public statement
He made some important pronouncements on government policy.
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Recent Examples of pronouncement
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.
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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
The upside would be potentially lower rates, less volatility around the Fed and its pronouncements and press conferences and, ultimately, more independence for the central bank as its smaller economic footprint puts it less in the crosshairs of the political world.
—Steve Liesman,matt Peterson, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Since its publication, succeeding popes have reaffirmed the rights of migrants again and again in their official pronouncements.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
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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
The upside would be potentially lower rates, less volatility around the Fed and its pronouncements and press conferences and, ultimately, more independence for the central bank as its smaller economic footprint puts it less in the crosshairs of the political world.
—Steve Liesman,matt Peterson, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Since its publication, succeeding popes have reaffirmed the rights of migrants again and again in their official pronouncements.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pronouncement
Noun
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With Tony Award nominations for the 2025-2026 season a week away (announcements are on Tuesday, May 5), now might be a good time to refresh your memory of what Deadline had to say about the fruits of a very busy Broadway spring.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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Their announcement was a departure from what has been the more typically adversarial relationship between Mamdani and Menin, who stand on different ends of the Democratic Party spectrum and have developed mostly antagonistic positions in the city’s budget process.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Building across surfaces wasn’t a declaration.—
Stephanie Hind,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
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The lawsuit alleged that the declaration did not provide enough information to understand the project‘s impacts, and that the city overlooked evidence that those impacts may be significant.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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The share of tech job postings open to people with two to four years’ experience dropped to 40% in mid-2025 from 46% in mid-2022, according to data from jobs website Indeed.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Internship postings fell at a similar rate.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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In January, more than 700 creators signed a proclamation denouncing such use as theft and ran ads in The New York Times, the intellectual property blog IP CloseUp reported.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The special session proclamation, signed Thursday by Reeves, relates to a specific case involving judicial districts for the Mississippi Supreme Court.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Apr. 2026
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