1
as in to speak
to utter clearly and distinctly
enunciate your words, and then you won't have to repeat them so often
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2
as in to announce
to make known openly or publicly
today the President enunciated a new foreign policy
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3
as in to say
to express (a thought or emotion) in words
a paper that enunciates the goals of the environmental organization
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Recent Examples of enunciate
After being introduced by Letterman in a true moment of late night TV history, O'Brien made a moving case for comedy in the Trump era, and enunciated a thoughtful and pointed perspective on Mark Twain’s resonance in today’s world.
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Staff Author, EW.com, 4 May 2025
How his marble mouth refuses to enunciate, a problem exacerbated even further when reading from a teleprompter.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 1 July 2025
By allowing individuals to dial down anxiety, modulate tone, and enunciate clearly on the fly, CQ transforms communication into an intentional, learnable skill set.
—Su Bridgman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The vocals are airy, haughtily enunciated in the high hippie style, and embellished with happy trills; the melody chugs along with a nursery-rhyme simplicity that is somehow underwired by knowingness: innocence and experience conjoined.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
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Staff Author, EW.com, 4 May 2025
How his marble mouth refuses to enunciate, a problem exacerbated even further when reading from a teleprompter.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 1 July 2025
By allowing individuals to dial down anxiety, modulate tone, and enunciate clearly on the fly, CQ transforms communication into an intentional, learnable skill set.
—Su Bridgman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The vocals are airy, haughtily enunciated in the high hippie style, and embellished with happy trills; the melody chugs along with a nursery-rhyme simplicity that is somehow underwired by knowingness: innocence and experience conjoined.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enunciate
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Kenyan President William Ruto, in a June letter to the council, spoke about the need for more and better equipment, and more funding and personnel.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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Religious leaders from various faiths attend and speak at the event each year, the Imam said.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Other key leaders resign from CDC Other key CDC officials also announced their resignations on Aug. 27.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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On Wednesday, Kelce announced a collaboration with American Eagle for a limited-edition line of sports apparel.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Aug. 2025
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Overnight temperatures in the Phoenix metro area will only dip to the 90s, the NWS Phoenix office said.—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
25 Aug. 2025
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The insect has since been reported in more than a dozen states, with infestations nearly consuming portions of the Northeastern U.S. TDA said the fly was spotted in Middle Tennessee in September 2023.—
Katie Nixon,
The Tennessean,
25 Aug. 2025
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Option two is to articulate a full-throated, passionate defense of why computer teachers should be rejected in favor of human teachers, and why, in the context of higher ed, artificial intelligence should be rejected in favor of the old-fashioned kind.—
Matthew Scogin,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The process can be tortuously painful as an artist digs deep to uncover how to articulate through a song what is going on within them.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
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That effect is exacerbated for women: Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published in April 2023 found 21% more women face AI job automation than men, even though men outnumber women in the workforce.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Katy Henriksen,
Arkansas Online,
21 Aug. 2025
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All that talk about hunger, coupled with Chicago scoring touchdowns on four of its first five possessions, led usually mute linebacker Matt Milano to utter his first words of the series.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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The season 2 finale centered around a tornado destroying the store, when Brett utters his only line of dialogue in the series as the storm approaches.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Landau after all was the music critic who famously proclaimed Bruce the future rock and roll.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
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Following that was a dizzying parade of additional tariffs, delays in implementation, claimed deals with other countries and regions (some of which disputed the details the White House proclaimed).—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The Measurement Trap: Beyond Technical Metrics The current landscape of AI evaluation is dominated by technical benchmarks that, while valuable, tell only part of the story.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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West Chester Township has not yet told The Enquirer what adjustments were made to the Aquatix brand slides.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
The Enquirer,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Enunciate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enunciate. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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