promulgation

noun

Definition of promulgationnext
as in proclamation

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promulgation
  1. proclamation
  2. declaration
  3. pronouncement
  4. decree
  5. edict
  6. ruling
  7. fiat
  8. signification
Noun
  • The president will also sign a proclamation creating the Sáttítla National Monument in Northern California, the Washington Post reported.
    Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Hamlin was presented a key to the city and the mayor read a proclamation in his honor.
    Visual Editors, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of proclamation
Noun
  • The president approved California Gov. Gavin Newsom's request for a presidential major disaster declaration, freeing up federal resources to support the response.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In Gaza, civilians expressed frustration over Trump’s recent declarations.
    Dayana Iwaza, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of declaration
Noun
  • Other members of Biden’s COVID-19 response team including Rochelle Walensky, Xavier Becerra and Vivek Murthy got little pushback from science writers after their public pronouncements.
    Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Their likeness might be hacked from marble columns, their pronouncements annulled and their names scratched from public record.
    Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of pronouncement
Noun
  • Notably, most members of Yoon’s conservative party refused to vote against him, but the opposition was able to persuade enough of them to secure the two-thirds vote needed to block the martial law decree at least.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The president-elect is very likely to both create and destroy fortunes by executive decree.
    Felix Salmon, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of decree
Noun
  • At this point, work flexibility implementation becomes part of your team culture, rather than an edict or policy declaration.
    Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • In July, a United Nations report said the ministry was contributing to a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans through edicts and the methods used to enforce them.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of edict
Noun
  • But in July 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that granted Trump substantial immunity from criminal prosecution for actions taken while in office, and the case was sent back to the trial court to determine whether any of the charges could go forward.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The judge’s ruling noted that the three firms controlled closer to three-fourths of the market for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football games and barred them from launching Venu.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of ruling
Noun
  • Gold and fiat currencies have dominated national reserves for centuries, but a new era demands innovative solutions.
    Sean Lee, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
  • What China needed was something like a final emperor, the breaker of the despotic chain who would summon modernity by fiat.
    Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of fiat
Noun
  • William is studying Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and writing a thesis on the theory of signification.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • 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
Definition of signification
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