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proclaim

[proh-klaym, pruh-] / proʊˈkleɪm, prə- /


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Orange County officials announced that they were activating their emergency operations center, which is required when two cities in the county proclaim a local emergency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The scholar’s obligation is therefore not to proclaim truth, but to report evidence honestly, acknowledge uncertainty and remain open to correction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The rapid advances in AI spurred some industry leaders to proclaim that machine intelligence would wipe out millions of jobs almost overnight.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

After overcoming each temptation, he goes to Galilee to proclaim God’s word.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

I need a watchman to go forth and proclaim to them all that twenty- six years is too long to play a joke on anybody, no matter how funny it is.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

You also have another series, called The Best of AI: Animation, that calls its entries “human in spirit” and proclaims that “another cinematic language is being written right now.”

From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026

Cunningham proclaims herself as a warrior for “common sense” by fighting off a scourge that no one can see.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

Abrams even has a song called The Knife, where she proclaims she'll live with a blade "in my side", as an act of defiance.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

“My long-term dream,” she proclaims, “is to build a Disney World for classical music.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

The founding document of the United States proclaims all men to be created equal.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

"The kids are not learning their math facts because they're becoming calculator hooked," he proclaimed.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

“We’re Live Nation; we cannot make a movie where the festival looks fake,” executive Ryan Kroft proclaimed about the specific drive toward authenticity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Sheen’s love for both God and man helped Americans accept the hard truths he boldly proclaimed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Like my colleague, former Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez, I never trusted then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Todd Whitman when she proclaimed the air in lower Manhattan was “safe to breathe.”

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

A man who could read without moving his lips was proclaimed either divine or demonic, depending on the agenda of whoever was doing the proclaiming.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

She then pivoted to her positivity message, smiling while proclaiming, “We can be joyful and ambitious again.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

"It's a serious storm," Governor Josh Green said, proclaiming a state of emergency to ensure the state and its counties "have sufficient resources to clear debris, secure infrastructure, and take other measures to prepare."

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Septimus Piesse, a 19th-century chemist, translated sounds into smells, proclaiming an “octave of odors,” the authors explain, “with correspondences between notes and scents providing the basis for harmonious olfactory combinations.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

But Platner has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, proclaiming himself a changed man.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

At the very tag end of the parade came Mr. Cogswell’s delivery wagon, its sides adorned with hand-painted signs proclaiming “National War Savings Day Parade.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson


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