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as in noticeable
likely to attract attention
a pronounced tendency to slurp her soup
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as in obvious
very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad
walking with a pronounced limp
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as in said
to correctly produce the sound of (a word or letter) with one's voice
How do you pronounce your last name? We practiced pronouncing our Spanish vocabulary words .
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as in uttered
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 proclaimed
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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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024
Their ruthless efficiency was even more pronounced with an electric performance from Zay Flowers, who’s shaping up to be the No. 1 wide receiver fans have been clamoring for since … well, the team moved to Baltimore in 1996.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
Nicole Acosta, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Police and medics soon arrived, failed to revive Neely, and brought him to Lenox Hill Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
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In New York State, the number was even more pronounced, from 3,612 overdose deaths down to 2,945 — marking an 18.5% drop.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024
Their ruthless efficiency was even more pronounced with an electric performance from Zay Flowers, who’s shaping up to be the No. 1 wide receiver fans have been clamoring for since … well, the team moved to Baltimore in 1996.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
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Thompson was pronounced dead later that morning and is survived by his wife and two sons.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Police and medics soon arrived, failed to revive Neely, and brought him to Lenox Hill Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
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But his rhetoric has taken a noticeable rightward turn in the weeks since Trump’s election victory, particularly on immigration, with Adams boosting the president-elect’s platform and appearing enthusiastic about the incoming administration.Anthony Izaguirre and Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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The ability to manage more concurrent operations without scaling hardware was a noticeable improvement.Shamaila Mahmood, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Some are quite obvious and on-the-nose, others more arcane.Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The story’s ending is unexpected, challenging, and bizarre, laden with symbolism that may not be immediately obvious.Barry Levitt, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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Unlike the multi-beat belt of that word on the Broadway recording, here, it’s uttered in affecting disbelief.Sammi Tapper, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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Folk or hip-hop lyrics that get some of their bite from being uttered aloud are analyzed like modernist poems; graffiti sprayed on an office building loses its humor when treated as another oil hanging in a white cube.Krista Stevens, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024
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One such name was DeSantis, Trump’s former primary challenger and prominent conservative figure.Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Dec. 2024
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With every testimony, Al-Hamada quickly became one of the most prominent advocates for Syrian prisoners held by Assad's regime, at least 157,000 between 2011 and August 2024, including thousands of women and children, according to a report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR).Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Members of a bipartisan House task force investigating the attempt on Trump’s life pushed Ronald Rowe on how the agency’s staffers could have missed such blatant security vulnerabilities leading up to that day in July.Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Its animation patronizes the third world via DIE dictates, same as with the endless iterations of The Lion King, but this cartoon exoticism is just a new form of the blatant colonialism that Claude Lévi-Strauss lamented in his 1958 memoir Tristes Tropiques.Armond White, National Review, 4 Dec. 2024
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Vasquez fell to his knees as he was declared the winner.Daniela Avila, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Famine has been declared in Zamzam camp in North Darfur, where shelling on Tuesday killed seven people, according to Adam Rojal, spokesperson of the Coordinating Committee for Displaced People.Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Matthews, who set Linganore’s school rushing record Friday night, added two more touchdowns in the fourth to build a commanding three-touchdown lead.Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 30 Nov. 2024
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In District 10, which Mahan represented before becoming mayor, George Casey has defeated incumbent Arjun Batra after jumping out to a commanding lead and winning 57.8% of the vote in his district, according to Friday evening’s vote tally by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters.Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Nowhere is this failure more glaring than in housing, and nowhere is that more evident than in California.Rigel Robinson, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
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The most glaring example of Trump’s penchant for relying on acting heads centered around the Office of Management and Budget where Russell Vought served as acting director for a year and a half before winning full Senate confirmation.Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Pronounced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pronounced. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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