1
as in to speak
to utter clearly and distinctly
enunciate your words, and then you won't have to repeat them so often
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2
as in to announce
to make known openly or publicly
today the President enunciated a new foreign policy
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3
as in to say
to express (a thought or emotion) in words
a paper that enunciates the goals of the environmental organization
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Recent Examples of enunciate
Sure, the park draws scores of tourists and drunk goofballs from April through September, but hard-core baseball fans are packing the park and hanging on every Pat Hughes enunciated syllable.
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Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
There is only enunciating, as paragraphs of narrative are diverted into rushing mouthfuls of unintelligible high-speed monologue.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Mullan thinks the former Liverpool boss had to learn to enunciate so people in England could understand him.
—Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Love’s Travel Stops, a sponsor of Front Row, enunciated a similar concern.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
There is only enunciating, as paragraphs of narrative are diverted into rushing mouthfuls of unintelligible high-speed monologue.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Mullan thinks the former Liverpool boss had to learn to enunciate so people in England could understand him.
—Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Love’s Travel Stops, a sponsor of Front Row, enunciated a similar concern.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enunciate
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The presenters spoke their mother tongue (Farsi and Hindi), which was detected and translated in real-time to English.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2025
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The governor then spoke with roughly two dozen of the protestors in a closed-door meeting in his office.—
Jessika Harkay,
Hartford Courant,
22 May 2025
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The impending launch, which SpaceX officially announced on Friday, May 23 a day after getting key regulatory approval, could be visible halfway around the world as the 400-foot vehicle soars on a suborbital trajectory.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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In early May, Conagra announced an agreement with Hometown Food Company to divest its Chef Boyardee product line for $600 million in cash.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
24 May 2025
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The agency will preliminary report after 30 days, and that the entire investigation could take 12-24 months, said an NTSB representative at a May 19 press conference.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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The witness allegedly overheard the friend say that Lanez didn’t shoot the three-time Grammy winner.—
Anna Chan,
Billboard,
20 May 2025
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The body is a moral form, as the philosopher J. M. Bernstein has articulated, because of our dependence on one another to sustain our sense of humanity.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The subtle hum of intricate mechanics, the remarkably articulate gesture of a synthetic limb, the disquieting echo of human movement – humanoid robots are no longer relegated to the realm of fiction.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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This story was originally published May 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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Source: The National Weather Service This story was originally published May 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2025
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Though a certain type of mixology devotee may avoid uttering the cocktail names out loud, like Mary Berry’s Soggy Bottom, drinks here are the result of intense thought and care.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 May 2025
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Those were the final words uttered by Emperor Uriel Septum—played by none other than Star Trek's Patrick Stewart—before an assassin leaped out of the shadows to cut him down.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
22 May 2025
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Earlier this month, the president proclaimed on Truth Social that the U.S. will designate new holidays to commemorate the end of World War I and World War II in Europe.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
26 May 2025
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In 2021 and 2022, Cuccinelli, with Vought’s help, mounted press conferences and privately urged Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona and Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas to proclaim that their states were being invaded.—
Molly Redden,
ProPublica,
23 May 2025
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In 2024, a highly intoxicated passenger on an All Nippon Airways flight from Tokyo to Seattle reportedly bit a flight attendant in the arm an hour after takeoff, the Japanese airline told The Japan Times.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Wegner told The Star that the public health center provided information to the state that the school had received regarding the diagnoses of teachers and staff.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
26 May 2025
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“Enunciate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enunciate. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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