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Recent Examples of annunciation
One is his first memory of lying in a cradle and a falcon flying in and striking his mouth with its tail, like an annunciation.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023
Open seams in the ceiling allow sunlight to enter in ghostly lines—some defining an alternative volume within the space, others fanning out like an annunciation.
—Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
These will cover the birth and annunciation of Jesus and the journey and adoration of the Magi.
—Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 4 Dec. 2019
San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023
Open seams in the ceiling allow sunlight to enter in ghostly lines—some defining an alternative volume within the space, others fanning out like an annunciation.
—Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
These will cover the birth and annunciation of Jesus and the journey and adoration of the Magi.
—Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 4 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annunciation
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President Joe Biden issued a proclamation directing the lowering of flags at all public buildings, military posts and naval vessels.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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The Honor is one granted to all sitting or former presidents under a 1954 proclamation signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
9 Jan. 2025
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Given the unmet expectations from 2024 — and other recent seasons before that — the wait-and-see approach is almost always more advisable than making grand declarations about the Bears’ future. True or false?—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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That same day, DeSantis sent out his own declaration, adopting the change in language in an emergency order about extreme weather arriving Tuesday in the northern reaches of Florida.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There have been no cutting pronouncements on social media by people with millions of followers.—
Mark Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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In principle, the public pronouncements contained in his autobiography will serve that end.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
11 Jan. 2025
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Ukrainians are watching Trump nominate his Cabinet, scouring each official’s past utterances for hints about future American policies.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2024
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Realize that your utterances are being converted into text and that the transcribed text will be stored and made available to the AI maker.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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William is studying Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and writing a thesis on the theory of signification.—
Cressida Leyshon,
The New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2024
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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
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Events in the Montana House closely mirror those that have recently unfolded in the U.S. House, where Speaker Mike Johnson has implemented a trans bathroom ban by fiat and legislators voted to advance a federal ban on trans women in women’s sports on Tuesday.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them,
16 Jan. 2025
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Compared to most fiat currencies, this alone makes bitcoin stand out.—
Marie Poteriaieva,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Although company leaders announce the return-to-office edicts, direct supervisors are reluctant to scold or discipline employees for trying to get around them, Nickson said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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McLellan’s Day 1 edict to play harder, faster and smarter has come to fruition, which has revived a season that only three weeks ago seemed doomed.—
Max Bultman,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
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But the legality of his decree remains in question, and TikTok is still unavailable in US app stores.—
Paresh Dave,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
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Two days after being sworn in as president, Trump signed one that essentially rolled back the decades-old decree.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Annunciation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annunciation. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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