announcements

noun

plural of announcement
as in advertisements
a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest an announcement was in today's paper regarding the merger of the two banks

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Recent Examples of announcements Given this, future Nobel Prize October announcements may provide the bellwether for America’s stature or decline in the scientific world. — Mattanjah De Vries, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 Despite the multiple press conferences and announcements, his administration placed fewer students in early childhood programs this year than his predecessor. — Ciara Jackson, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026 Additional announcements in the coming months will reveal a second lifetime achievement award honoree, the chairman’s award recipient, performers, presenters and silent auction items. — Paul Grein, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2026 Families are asked to watch for bus schedule announcements in their ParentSquare notifications. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Investors are readying for a big week ahead, with an array of Big Tech and central bank announcements likely to shape long-term expectations for global growth. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Autonomous aircraft, drone-killing microwaves, and cheaper missile interceptors featured among Lockheed Martin’s major announcements in the third quarter of 2026. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026 That figure includes broad investment announcements, nonbinding trade goals and commitments secured during the Biden administration. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Shoppers can check the company's store-opening announcements for updates as more locations receive opening dates. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for announcements
  1. advertisements
  2. ads
  3. releases
  4. bulletins
  5. postings
Noun
  • Cardenas in Bakersfield, for example, said he has been inundated with Valadao campaign advertisements but knows little about Villegas.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Watch for unusual phone behavior An infected phone may show signs such as unexplained mobile data usage, excessive background activity, unexpected advertisements or apps appearing without your permission.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of advertisements
Noun
  • Jackson, who was already getting tagged as a sexist hothead in GOP ads, hasn’t really tried to soften his image.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Recent Hamilton campaign ads have highlighted the medical debt story.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of ads
Noun
  • After a handful of supremely mellow releases that blended lurching ’90s breakbeats with wintry, Mazzy Star-like songwriting, their third album dives into a vat of mercurial distortion and slippery, all-consuming bass.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
  • These latest releases from OpenAI continue to contradict the recommendations of the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (AGMAI), the expert panel the company organized in response to widespread criticism from mathematicians.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of releases
Noun
  • Earlier this year, France Télévisions struck a deal to bring about 20,000 hours of content a year to YouTube, including national and local news bulletins plus its flagship current-affairs and investigative magazines.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Also on Wednesday, the BBC Sport unit told employees about plans to make redundancies and cut sports bulletins on its news channel.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of bulletins
Noun
  • Lightcast counted 872 unique FDE job postings from Deloitte and 688 from Accenture during the first nine months of 2026, followed by Google with 499 and KPMG with 447.
    — Barbara Booth, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The average salary for a custodian in California is around $43,500 a year, according to an average of job postings listed on Indeed.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of postings

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“Announcements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/announcements. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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