proclaiming

verb

present participle of proclaim
as in announcing
to make known openly or publicly loudly proclaimed her innocence, to widespread disbelief

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Recent Examples of proclaiming And it's been plenty victorious as a top pizza choice in town, as evidenced by a 2025 Food Network roundup proclaiming that The Post serves the best slice of pizza in Kentucky. — Bob Vitale, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Aug. 2026 Her son Spencer, 5, could be heard proclaiming his hunger in the back of the video and is seen grabbing a few slices of Parmesan cheese prepped for the salad. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 Carlson, who had just released a documentary called The End of Men, devoted hours of airtime to proclaiming Tate’s innocence; so did the right-wing podcaster Candace Owens. — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026 The authors aimed to save college sports by (restricting the transfer portal) and (hard-capping NIL) but also (kneecapping the Big Ten and SEC) and proclaiming (schools can’t change conferences). — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 22 July 2026 As Gu-cheon and Saeng-gang prepare for Gu-cheon’s trip to the mirror world, Saeng-gang hears a spirit proclaiming that Gu-cheon will die that night. — Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026 Lifelong Aurora resident Anna Scaggs stood inside Aurora City Hall Tuesday night holding a plaque proclaiming July as Disability Pride Month in Aurora. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Her Valley girl howl will stop you in your tracks, proclaiming friendship, revolution, and, yeah, lust. — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 Pinned to their random assortment of hats were scrawled, handmade signs proclaiming liberty or death. — Sarah M.s. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proclaiming
  1. announcing
  2. declaring
  3. publishing
Verb
  • Both Daltrey and Starkey have made public statements announcing and confirming the somewhat surprising musical reconciliation.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
  • But the retail historian in me has never been able to let go of the fact that the chart is wrong, and that the wire story announcing Walmart's rise in 1991 was wrong in exactly the same way.
    — Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of announcing
Verb
  • In practice, invoking a Tuey-Rodriguez charge or instruction is often done with the hopes a jury will be able to reach a verdict, but is also a step judges are generally expected to take before declaring a mistrial in Massachusetts.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
  • After publicly declaring her love for the Nacho Libre actor in a 2024 interview with The Tonight Show, the Sentimental Value actress feels badly about potentially embarrassing her celebrity crush, according to her sister, Dakota Fanning.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of declaring
Verb
  • Across culture, from publishing to cinema to fashion, what is unfamiliar is softened, delayed, or excluded.
    — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Essayli said Southworth is accused of also targeting the family of the President’s personal attorney by publishing their home address and phone numbers and leaving threatening voicemails.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of publishing

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“Proclaiming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proclaiming. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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