as in proclamation
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Recent Examples of annunciation
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annunciation
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Vance’s trip also comes as the Trump administration is considering the use of the Alien Enemy Act of 1798 to detain and deport Venezuelans based on a proclamation labeling the gang Tren de Aragua an invasion force that could be acting at the behest of that country’s government.—
Will Weissert and Valerie Gonzalez,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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Sarah Min 18 Hours Ago Mexico’s next move is unclear Luis Cortes | Reuters While Canada and China have already announced retaliatory tariffs, Mexico has not made a similar proclamation as of Tuesday morning.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2025
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Very little of what Maclean has shown us across the film helps this declaration make sense or have any weight.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Romanian presidential candidate faces six charges including incitement to actions against the constitutional order, communication of false information, and false declarations in continuous form (regarding sources of financing of the electoral campaign and declarations of assets).—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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In Canada, there has already been a movement to buy local as Canadian consumers grow increasingly riled by pronouncements from the President.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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In the early, uncertain days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists delivered one comforting pronouncement: The virus that caused COVID mutates rather slowly.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Here’s the latest installment of the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz — this time with excerpts and utterances from the week spanning Feb. 16 to 22.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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This generates the new agent and the regression test utterances to check the changes do not impact other aspects of the agent's skills.—
Ian Gotts,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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William is studying Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and writing a thesis on the theory of signification.—
Cressida Leyshon,
The New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2024
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What once had been a multitude of beings with varying cultural and spiritual significations—not to mention consciousnesses of their own—became commodities that held value only when inserted into a by-now self-propelling and endlessly expanding market.—
Ben Ehrenreich,
The New Republic,
10 May 2023
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Unlike fiat currencies such as the U.S. dollar (USD) and the euro (EUR), which can theoretically be expanded without limit, Bitcoin follows a strict halving cycle, reducing new issuance by half every four years.—
Jon Helgi Egilsson,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Many central banks have also been stockpiling their gold reserves as their fiat currencies continue to lose purchasing power.—
Marc Guberti,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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The historical irony of an order, essentially a government edict, striking so hard at one of the nation’s 35 accredited TCUs, or Tribal Colleges & Universities, does not escape him.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2025
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Despite event cancellations and temporary closures at other presidential centers, the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin remains unaffected by edicts from Washington, a top official tells Axios.—
Asher Price,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
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Very little of what Musk says, what the government has said in court cases challenging many of his decrees, and what federal agencies have actually done overlap.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
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Last October, one of Khamenei’s senior advisers asserted that if Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear sites, the supreme leader might reconsider his earlier decrees outlawing the development and use of weapons of mass destruction.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Annunciation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annunciation. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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