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pronounce

[pruh-nouns] / prəˈnaʊns /




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I don’t care if it contains added MSG and holds a laundry list of seasonings you can’t pronounce.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

“Many politicians nowadays think that history is a subject for old professors and not something which is absolutely basic, whether to negotiate or to pronounce yourself.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

I asked a few experts in the history of nationalism to pronounce on America’s relative longevity, and discovered that the answer to this question is surprisingly complicated.

From Slate Jul. 4, 2026

The leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics will then pronounce a traditional blessing at 1000 GMT that will be closely followed this year.

From Barron's Apr. 5, 2026

I pronounce them as best as I can.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

One of his sons pronounces the name "Hit-lay", in order to escape embarrassment, and his grandchildren have taken their mothers' names.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

Now when Mr. Khamenei pronounces on critical issues, VIPs he once humbled contradict him.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 24, 2025

The way Arana pronounces the hook makes it sound like she’s singing right at the Dodgers’ Roki.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2025

He’s a charming voice actor, and she pronounces every word through her nostrils, so they balance each other out better than any other couple on the show.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2025

The only difficulty is the glottal stop, the constriction of the throat that occurs when someone with a classic Brooklyn accent pronounces "bottle."

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Rowling pronounced them “heroines” to her tens of millions of social media followers.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

When she pronounced the sentence, Jester, now 6 feet 2, bowed his head, bit his lip and nodded.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

"Sadly, a 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene," it added, noting his next-of-kin had been informed.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

This transformation has been especially pronounced at America’s wealthiest and most selective colleges and universities.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Vaughan remained at Bigheart’s side for several hours, until he was pronounced dead.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

New England is ready to absorb Scotland as its seventh state as soon as the Scots agree to stop pronouncing their r’s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Alex Beard told The Times that Chalamet's statement earlier this year pronouncing that "no-one cares" about ballet or opera anymore had produced a "fantastic" public reaction.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

The meeting was hailed as a massive success with both of them exchanging hats and autographs, and the president pronouncing his Colombian counterpart as “terrific.”

From Salon Feb. 5, 2026

Could his trouble pronouncing acetaminophen be a phonemic paraphasic error?

From Slate Jan. 26, 2026

At last, a miraculous cable arrived from John, pronouncing himself “safe and sound” aboard a British destroyer.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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