annunciation

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Recent Examples of annunciation One is his first memory of lying in a cradle and a falcon flying in and striking his mouth with its tail, like an annunciation. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023 Open seams in the ceiling allow sunlight to enter in ghostly lines—some defining an alternative volume within the space, others fanning out like an annunciation. Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020 These will cover the birth and annunciation of Jesus and the journey and adoration of the Magi. Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 4 Dec. 2019
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Noun
  • Based on its prior record, current proclamations, and cabinet leadership selections, many fear the new administration could restrict access to or manipulate publicly available information that challenges its policy positions.
    Douglas B. Laney, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Other photos in the collection show the proud mayor posing with the official proclamation.
    Jade Gomez, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • But the false declaration of urgency achieves what Newsom apparently wants: coverage in national media that otherwise probably wouldn’t happen.
    Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
  • TikTok users were able to hear the groom, standing before his bride and her bridal party of 12 bridesmaids, delivering a profound and moving declaration of love.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • With these two studies, researchers showed for the first time that debate may make a difference in allowing other AI systems to judge the accuracy of an LLM’s pronouncements.
    Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The authoritative rules governing taxes are found only in the Internal Revenue Bulletin, an extensive annual publication detailing IRS regulations, pronouncements and rulings that have undergone extensive review by both the agency and Department of the Treasury.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D., Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Still, Harris and Democrats do not want the controversy to fester, with every utterance magnified in the final hours before Election Day.
    Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
  • This, in turn, raises the stakes of her every public utterance.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
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
Noun
  • His goal of governing by fiat would not happen without a fight.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Research from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shows up some interesting consumer attitudes around a digital fiat currency.
    David G.W. Birch, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • These impressions shaped by Black women have left an indelible mark on his style edicts.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In the wake of Amazon’s return-to-office edict, CEOs are lining up to blame remote work for everything from productivity problems to culture woes.
    Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The decree requires voters to select only one candidate for the two at-large Governing Board seats in the district.
    Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The decree applies in an area of some two square miles that includes landmarks such as the Louvre Museum and Tuileries Gardens.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

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