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proclamation

[prok-luh-mey-shuhn] / ˌprɒk ləˈmeɪ ʃən /


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The tariff proclamation requires companies to certify that the first sale of any imported polysilicon and solar components to another company wouldn’t fall below the minimum import price.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Her proclamation of optimism comes on the heels of her having been released in December from a brutal Belarusian prison for supporting an opposition candidate running against the country’s authoritarian leader.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

While President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, the proclamation didn’t apply to border states loyal to the Union.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

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

“Once a week by royal proclamation the word market is held here in the great square and people come from everywhere to buy the words they need or trade in the words they haven’t used.”

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster

She's given to grand proclamations like "I'm unstoppable", or "I will exist in multitudes".

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Reading the proclamations reveals another layer of awful.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

Around Angel’s old barber chair, just about every inch of wall space is occupied by proclamations and photos.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

The court starts with grand judicial maximalist proclamations from the founding about how it’s the duty of courts, especially Virginia courts, to decide legal questions.

From Slate May 8, 2026

On a workbench was a smaller press for notifications, proclamations, broadsides, trade cards.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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