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annunciation

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Definition of annunciation

as in proclamation

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Recent Examples of annunciation Last season’s Big Ten championship was an annunciation for UCLA, the program’s entrance into the nation’s elite with its first conference title in nearly two decades. — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026 Djo skates between falsetto and mellow, talky vocals with moments of funky, emphatic annunciation. — airmail.news, 5 July 2025 One is his first memory of lying in a cradle and a falcon flying in and striking his mouth with its tail, like an annunciation. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023 Open seams in the ceiling allow sunlight to enter in ghostly lines—some defining an alternative volume within the space, others fanning out like an annunciation. — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020 These will cover the birth and annunciation of Jesus and the journey and adoration of the Magi. — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 4 Dec. 2019

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Noun

The proclamation does not specify any countries by name that this action applies to -- something the administration has been tight-lipped about.

— Emily Chang, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
The move echoed his renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America through a proclamation on the first day of his second term, but didn’t feature a new executive order or proclamation.

— Bart Jansen, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of proclamation

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Indiana's approval for a major disaster declaration came through earlier this week.

— Lauren Victory, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Senate task force staff have a list of roughly 100 possible threats, including the prospect of a national election emergency declaration from the White House and the presence of federal troops and law enforcement at polling locations.

— Eric McDaniel, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of declaration

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Bally’s recent pronouncement does deliver on prior threats, but the timing was suspect, looking more like a naked bluff at the poker table.

— Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
But the bold pronouncements that will accompany Jaissle’s appointment — and perhaps some long overdue stadium update sooner rather than later — will be met with a measure of caution on Tyneside.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of pronouncement

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Indeed, our public institutions encourage the promulgation of private paperwork.

— Literary Hub, 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

Definition of promulgation

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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

Definition of signification

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While stablecoins promise faster, cheaper cross-border payments, the real challenge lies in navigating complex licensing requirements and integrating with traditional fiat systems.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 23 June 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

The president’s orders and edicts have no basis in reality, are nonsensical and are making our nation significantly less safe.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
Imagine if an edict came down from above tomorrow that says college athletes must be treated as full-time W-2 employees.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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