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as in to say
to correctly produce the sound of (a word or letter) with one's voice
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as in to recite
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 to proclaim
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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He was gravely injured and taken to a hospital for treatment, where he was later pronounced dead.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Angst coursed through Republicans—maybe the Supreme Court would rule that the new amendment never empowered Congress to pass the act and pronounce it unconstitutional.
—Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
Officers called to the woman trapped between the vehicles dispatched Sacramento Fire Department personnel, who tended to the woman and later pronounced her dead from her injuries.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
Hernandez, 19, was pronounced dead, and the other two students were taken to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2025
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Angst coursed through Republicans—maybe the Supreme Court would rule that the new amendment never empowered Congress to pass the act and pronounce it unconstitutional.
—Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
Officers called to the woman trapped between the vehicles dispatched Sacramento Fire Department personnel, who tended to the woman and later pronounced her dead from her injuries.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
Hernandez, 19, was pronounced dead, and the other two students were taken to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2025
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Shortly after, Kehl would fall to his death at a neighboring building — police have yet to say if the fall was intentional or accidental.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
14 June 2025
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Padilla said he got fed up listening to her remarks about criminals and invasions and tried to ask a question, while moving forward past the wall of television cameras.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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Progressives reciting tired talking points about democracy being under attack and Orange Man being bad is the exact kind of fresh, novel idea that could turn things around for the struggling party!—
Grace Curley,
Boston Herald,
14 June 2025
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The ceremony featured all nine women together, taking turns reciting prayers and reading from a 120-year-old Torah, a relic from the Holocaust.—
Jessica Tzikas,
Sun Sentinel,
12 June 2025
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Jordan Vidovic proclaimed that the RedHawks are the best team in Illinois to ever play the sport.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Prior to the match, John McEnroe proclaimed that either would be the favorite against 14-time Roland Garros winner Rafael Nadal, who was honored before the tournament with his footprint on Philippe-Chatrier.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Be there for them. — Steven Fischer, Itasca Brave men’s sacrifice In looking at the footage of President Donald Trump recently speaking to the German chancellor regarding D-Day, nothing these last few months surprises me except the behaviors coming from the White House.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2025
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Trump keeps things brief Trump spoke at the conclusion of the parade on Saturday, keeping remarks short and framing the event as a celebration of the country’s military successes.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
15 June 2025
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The Invisible Pipeline: From Raw Data To AI Responses Before an AI model utters a single word, there's a monumental effort to gather and process its training data.—
Jitender Jain,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Around the time the book was contracted, a therapist uttered the word surrender to me, giving my book its lodestar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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Strickland even publicly declared his support for Trump after a win over Paulo Costa at UFC 302 in June 2024.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2025
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Klitschko later declared Wednesday a day of mourning for the victims of the attack.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
17 June 2025
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Mason came to our dressing room and gave Lee his shirt and had a few kind words with him.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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But West, giving the overall package its only public airing, couldn’t explain how leaving a restriction in place only for Springfield’s home county would pass legal muster.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky insisted that Ukraine is doing everything possible to ensure the release of prisoners and the return of the soldiers’ bodies.—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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Johnson insisted that Musk has bad information, and the speaker disputed the forecasts of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that scores budget legislation.—
Bill Barrow,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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“Pronounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pronounce. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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