enunciating

verb

present participle of enunciate
1
as in speaking
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 announcing
to make known openly or publicly today the President enunciated a new foreign policy

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3
as in uttering
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 enunciating Yasmina spent much of her time enunciating Uz-bek-i-stan for people, spelling it out. — Joan Silber, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025 But Calloway’s performance—her manic and sunny disposition, her inability to read the room, her insistence on over-enunciating the T’s in words like Latin and written—was something to behold. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026 But by enunciating general principles, practicing them on numerous examples, and pointing to relevant case law, Chemerinsky and Gillman educate our judgment. — Jonathan Marks, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020 The Justice Department and the Democratic attorneys general of 16 states and the District of Columbia submitted an amicus brief enunciating the same basic point. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enunciating
  1. speaking
  2. announcing
  3. uttering
  4. saying
  5. declaring
  6. talking
  7. articulating
  8. publishing
Verb
  • Mamdani appeared to double down Tuesday, while speaking to reporters about the forthcoming heat wave.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 July 2026
  • So, Galetto was delighted to learn that the first American pope would be speaking live and receiving an award less than two miles from his church, on the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday.
    — Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Definition of speaking
Verb
  • On Friday night, after the couple tied the knot, a brief release went out — with no photos — announcing Dior Couture by Jonathan Anderson as the choice for both Swift and Kelce.
    — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 July 2026
  • Fujimori thanked her supporters in a post on X announcing the conclusion of the election.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of announcing
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  • The other was a tearing beauty, a creature so lovely that one look at her sent young men’s blood pressure skyward and set them to uttering wild, hoarse cries and tearing telephone directories apart with the bare hands.
    — John Madson, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
  • All season, Shamea and Porsha have circled each other, barely uttering a direct word, but the tensions seep to the rest of the group, trickling into every interaction.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of uttering
Verb
  • Johnson released a statement through his press office saying the ILA workers who met with the mayor are members of the team that bargained their new contract, ratified this spring.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • In her new memoir Famesick, Dunham wrote a message to Swift, saying much of the book's creative process was soundtracked by her music.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Definition of saying
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  • That suit has since been dismissed, with a judge declaring the administration's orders to no longer be operational.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • What’s more, declaring Starliner ready for regular crew rotation flights next year would put the Boeing crew capsule a decade behind its original target of 2017.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
Definition of declaring
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  • As the order to evacuate was played over loudspeakers on the National Mall, some people appeared to be standing in place, talking with those around them and not exiting the area, while others were walking toward exits.
    — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • His straight-talking and cliche-less approach hasn’t stopped, either.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of talking
Verb
  • In that sense, La Villeggiatura wasn’t introducing a trend so much as articulating an overlooked category.
    — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The presence of a man who may have been a Muslim suggests that, in a canvas that also contains Jews and Christians, the Dutch artist was articulating a message of tolerance.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of articulating
Verb
  • Paine capitalized on the momentum by publishing a dialogue between Montgomery’s ghost and an American in February, debating independence.
    — Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Grants could be canceled due to political whims, and new layers of bureaucracy would inhibit basic scientific activities like publishing papers and attending conferences.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Definition of publishing

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