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as in to say
to correctly produce the sound of (a word or letter) with one's voice
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as in to recite
to say or announce (something) in an official or formal way
The priest pronounced the blessing. Emotions ran high in the courtroom as the judge pronounced sentence.
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as in to proclaim
to say officially or assertively that (something or someone) is something specified
They pronounced the mission a success. She pronounced them married.
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One woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other victim was transported to a nearby hospital, News 12 New York reported.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2025
Two individuals were located with the aircraft and were pronounced deceased at the scene.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
The textured panel below the front-end styling and the vents on either side are highly pronounced.
—PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2025
Medics were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2025
Two individuals were located with the aircraft and were pronounced deceased at the scene.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
The textured panel below the front-end styling and the vents on either side are highly pronounced.
—PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2025
Medics were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
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Clark said there was talk about next season’s format, including seeding.—
Stephen Hawkins,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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On Sunday the other two were in stable condition, officials said.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Kirk also recited a flurry of mostly inferential data to suggest that Turning Point Action was crucial to flipping Arizona and played a major role in Trump’s eight-point gain in support among Black men.—
Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2025
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Hyman isn’t interested in listening to candidates recite their resumes.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
3 Feb. 2025
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Since the end of the cold war, the U.S. has proclaimed its missile defenses were not meant to block an incoming attack from China or Russia, just loose North Korean ones.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
19 Feb. 2025
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Both actively and publicly proclaimed their imperialist or ethnocentric views.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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Bill Burr recently spoke to The New York Times and shrugged off Ben Shapiro‘s criticism of him.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2025
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Witnesses speak at Wednesday's hearing Wednesday's hearing was about whether Syed should be resentenced, something allowed by a 2021 state law that permits people convicted of crimes as juveniles to have their sentences reviewed.—
Chloe Atkins,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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But while the words ‘trendy’ and ‘Champs-Élysées’ are seldom uttered in the same sentence these days, there is nothing stuffy about this stalwart of Paris’ most famous avenue.—
Isabelle Kliger,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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California is a living laboratory for the observation that demography is destiny, first uttered by the 19th century French philosopher Auguste Comte.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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In Tennessee, authorities declared a state of emergency in Obion County following a levee failure that flooded the small community of Rives.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Although its exact origins are unclear, the quote is often attributed to Napoleon, the French general who effectively declared himself emperor in the early 1800s.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Helena Kennedy, chair of the panel of legal experts on media freedom and director of the International Bar Assn.’s Human Rights Institute, will give a keynote address on the topic of media accessibility as a human right.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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As classic ambush predators, this gives them cover to hide in and hunt from.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
20 Feb. 2025
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Adams insists there's no quid pro quo being asked for by himself or offered from the government.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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One problem with the discovery rule, the teams insist, is that its availability turns on the plaintiff’s knowledge.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Pronounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pronounce. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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