proclamation
Example Sentences
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Gov Abbott issued a proclamation declaring a state of disaster on Friday, which states the outbreak presents "an imminent threat or occurrence of widespread danger and injury to the Texas agricultural industry".
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
A response came 11 days later in a presidential proclamation.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
"I work out so much, like, about one minute a day, max. If I'm lucky," Trump said before signing the proclamation in the Oval Office.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
YOUNTVILLE, Calif.—The town council meeting opened with a proclamation for Red Cross Month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
But this duty, Creon’s proclamation said, was changed in the cause of Polyneices to a crime.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing proclamation
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The American Civil War
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The Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
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