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 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 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 Yasmina spent much of her time enunciating Uz-bek-i-stan for people, spelling it out. — Joan Silber, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enunciating
  1. speaking
  2. announcing
  3. uttering
  4. saying
  5. declaring
  6. talking
  7. articulating
  8. publishing
Verb
  • There are 11,000 Starlink satellites currently in orbit that provide service to people in over 170 countries, Lauren Dreyer, SpaceX's Vice President of Starlink business operations, said while speaking at India Mobile Congress on Wednesday.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • She was hospitalized and, as of Tuesday, was awake and speaking.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of speaking
Verb
  • The Kennedy Center is already running late, compared to past years, in announcing the honorees.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
  • This week, City Hall and the DCLA are announcing an increase in funding for direct-support grants to artists, administered by each borough’s local arts council.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of announcing
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  • Brennaman was off the air for four years after uttering a homophobic slur on a live microphone during a Cincinnati Reds game.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of uttering
Verb
  • Chick-fil-A is bucking a growing fast-food industry trend, with CEO Andrew Cathy saying the chicken chain does not plan to use artificial intelligence to take customers' drive-thru orders.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • On Thursday, the broadcaster added to Maniscalco’s response in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, confirming the timeline and saying Raw Comedy was put out to pasture because of low ratings.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of saying
Verb
  • Newsom added, in apparent reference to the 25th Amendment, a constitutional provision that establishes procedures for presidential succession and for replacing or declaring a President unable to perform their duties.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The data underscore concerns leaders expressed in September 2025 when declaring the city in fiscal distress.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of declaring
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  • Being able to have the in-person connectivity with talking to your coworkers, being able to collaborate, is great and then also the larger programming of the company as a whole.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • By then, despite the predictions, Callum was walking and talking.
    — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of talking
Verb
  • Ballard said in articulating an initial defense for keeping the veteran wide receiver on the roster heading into the team's regular-season opener against the Baltimore Ravens.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In contrast, charismatic signaling typically involves articulating a vision that connects present circumstances with a desirable collective future.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of articulating
Verb
  • Without a quorum, agency staffers are limited to collecting and publishing campaign finance reports, answering questions from candidates about the law and fielding new complaints.
    — Gabe Kaminsky, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The volume of results stunned many mathematicians, while the way OpenAI has gone about tackling the problems and publishing the solutions divided the field.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of publishing

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