as in declaration
a statement made publically
The government issued a proclamation granting all workers the right to parental leave.
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Recent Examples of proclamation
And while there are plenty of possible pitfalls on the path back to the top—no one should bet the rent backing Green’s proclamation—the new evidence suggests that the Warriors have a fighting chance at making the Saginaw Soothsayer right again.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
His proclamation canceled the appointments of those who had waited to pursue their claim under existing asylum procedures.
—David Lopez, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
Every president since Gerald Ford in 1976 has issued a proclamation recognizing Black History Month.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Additionally, exemptions to the 2018 act have been terminated by the new proclamation.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
His proclamation canceled the appointments of those who had waited to pursue their claim under existing asylum procedures.
—David Lopez, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
Every president since Gerald Ford in 1976 has issued a proclamation recognizing Black History Month.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Additionally, exemptions to the 2018 act have been terminated by the new proclamation.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proclamation
Noun
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In 2021, Abbott’s disaster declaration automatically suspended laws governing how the state spent money on Operation Lone Star.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Seoul, South Korea CNN — South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach over his declaration of martial law, has been freed from detention after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision canceling his arrest.—
Yoonjung Seo,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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Very little of what Musk says, what the government has said in court cases challenging many of his decrees, and what federal agencies have actually done overlap.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
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The decrees are barbs in culture wars, over gender issues and the rights of transgender people, as the New York Times has noted.—
Agustín Fuentes,
Scientific American,
25 Feb. 2025
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Amid the voting cycle, however, Gascón’s previous social media posts resurfaced, including numerous Islamophobic comments and false statements about George Floyd and COVID.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
28 Feb. 2025
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Vibrations caused by the sonic conditions of flight might have been the root cause of the issue, according to the statement.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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No halfway measure, but Bove still wants to keep his hooks in the fish in case Washington chooses to resume the matter later on (and to make sure that Adams follows their directives).—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s directive tells the Education Department to propose new regulations, which is a bureaucratic journey.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Proclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proclamation. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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