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 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
  • 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
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
  • There have been no cutting pronouncements on social media by people with millions of followers.
    Mark Harris, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • In principle, the public pronouncements contained in his autobiography will serve that end.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
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
  • Willis has asked the Georgia Supreme Court to reverse the ruling removing her and her office from the case.
    DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 18 Jan. 2025
  • TikTok has asked the court to stay the ruling until President-elect Donald Trump is in office.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of ruling
Noun
  • 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
  • Compared to most fiat currencies, this alone makes bitcoin stand out.
    Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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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