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as in to announce
to make known openly or publicly
the company trumpeted the launch of the new phone that had none of the bugs the old one was known for
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as in to advertise
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively
critics trumpeted the band's latest album as the best of the decade
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as in honk
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Recent Examples of trumpet
Spin Team, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
No group has trumpeted this truth more loudly than the American Association of Retired Persons, founded in 1958.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
On a recent Wednesday, Crandell’s first patient of the day was a former trumpet player from Russia who was in his seventies.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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And why are people still giving time to a guy who trumpets misogyny and anti-semitism, denies the Holocaust, pals around with white nationalist dweebs, including Donald Trump, and recently made Alex Jones look like a paragon of reason and restraint?
—Spin Team, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
No group has trumpeted this truth more loudly than the American Association of Retired Persons, founded in 1958.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
In the 2020 documentary Giving Voice, one of Wilson’s longtime collaborators notes that part of the playwright’s evocative power came from his choice in subjects: a garbageman who used to play in the Negro Leagues, a trumpet player who never became famous.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
On a recent Wednesday, Crandell’s first patient of the day was a former trumpet player from Russia who was in his seventies.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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May Humza Yousaf announces his resignation as First Minister of Scotland, paving the way for the SNP's second leadership contest in less than 14 months.The Week UK, theweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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The Embraer 190 passenger jet flying from Azerbaijan to Russia had 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 32 survivors had been rescued.Pilar Arias, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
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On its website, Party City is advertising that everything is on sale up to 50% off.Juliana Kim, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
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The Janesville and Stevens Point stores are advertising sales of 40% to 60% off.Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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The geese honk, the chickens squawk and the turkeys strut haughtily, unaware that Thanksgiving is nigh.Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2024
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Into the nighttime, into the rain, their honks croaked and croaked.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Jan. 2024
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According to a Bloomberg report published last week, Antivari owed millions in an unpaid debt to his former business partner, the Italian fintech tycoon Andrea Pignataro.George Nelson for ArtNews, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
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Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy, confirming a hypothesis made by happenstance nearly a century ago, according to a paper published in Nature Communications on Wednesday.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Watkins Glen, acclaimed for its challenging road course, provides a picturesque but formidable track that is a firm fan-favorite.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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We were reminded of the many slick pleasures of this subgenre recently through Clint Eastwood’s elegant and widely acclaimed legal thriller Juror #2, with a stylish premise reminiscent of a Sidney Lumet and Otto Preminger picture.Tomris Laffly, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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Big black letters on either side of the flatbed proclaimed ART IS … O’Grady, then 48, had decided to become an artist just six years before, after two marriages, an attempt at a novel, and stints as a translator and rock critic.Jillian Steinhauer, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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Every American of faith can now confidently proclaim that nativity scenes and other religious symbols can be freely displayed at courthouses, city halls, parks, and holiday festivals.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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The Gateways program promotes a network of bay sites to the public.Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
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In the same way that dieting doesn’t promote overall health, money management doesn’t reduce financial stress, either.Dana Miranda, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
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As the last of the peppermint bark cannoli were devoured and the party wound down, my wife and I walked out to see Michigan Central Station and its surrounding Roosevelt Park all lit up in white.Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Since azaleas are acid soil-loving plants, pine needles, aged pine bark, or leaf mold are ideal mulches.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Trumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trumpet. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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