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annunciation

noun

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

Covered in nautical tattoos and given to spiritual proclamations about the ocean’s generosity, Mitt is recognizable as a type.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
President Joe Biden issued a presidential proclamation in 2021 creating Indigenous Peoples Day, although it hasn’t been made a federal holiday.

— Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of proclamation

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The complaint seeks a declaration that DeWine’s executive order is unlawful.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026
His restaurant businesses were outside the bankruptcy, but Trejo said in a court declaration that approximately 90 percent of his income for the tax years at issue came from acting.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of declaration

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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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But Sprenger is like Victor Frankenstein, his electronic voice and its warped utterances breathing an uneasiness into everything around it.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
When even an unregulated utterance can end a life, and when such utterances are made to go unwitnessed, what remains?

— Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of utterance

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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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Few institutions will want to build blockchain connectivity, wallet infrastructure, liquidity access, fiat conversion rails and multi-jurisdiction compliance controls from scratch.

— Pratik Khowala, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Bitget has scheduled withdrawals for its remaining cryptocurrencies, along with fiat and peer-to-peer services, to resume on Friday.

— Matthew Tan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of fiat

Noun

The edict is to transform the operating model when the market fundamentally shifts so the company can thrive in a changing environment.

— Erik Clarke, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
The film by and large follows the edicts of Iranian neorealism, with unobtrusive observations and a naturalistic soundscape.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

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