pronouncement
Americannoun
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an official or authoritative statement or announcement
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the act of pronouncing, declaring, or uttering formally
Other Word Forms
- prepronouncement noun
Etymology
Origin of pronouncement
Example Sentences
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My face must have shown my utter shock at this pronouncement because Callaway chuckled.
From Literature
Breathless pronouncements that things have changed irredeemably and it's now multi-party politics forever have been made and proven wrong before.
From BBC
MGM’s classic 1939 adaptation starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon was billed as “The Greatest Love Story of All Time . . . Or Any Time!” a pronouncement that the trailer for the new film echoes.
From Salon
Trying to outrun any new pronouncements from the White House will be too complicated, Woldenberg said.
The pronouncement was a dramatic contrast to Jackson’s 1984 hosting gig on “Saturday Night Live” and his memorable reading of “Green Eggs and Ham” during a 1991 appearance on the sketch variety series.
From Los Angeles Times
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