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[pruh-nuhn-see-ay-shuhn] / prəˌnʌn siˈeɪ ʃən /




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Like he was trying to, like he was—here’s what I thought was cute about it, was that he didn’t have the pronunciation right, like he was kind of trying—but do you know what I mean?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The MP herself says she looks forward to dealing with questions about politics, rather than pronunciation.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

So for me personally as a listener, it’s about that effort, rather than getting the perfect pronunciation.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

Now that he is based in his home state again, Etienne said it seems like a good time to go back to his roots as far as the pronunciation of his name is concerned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

It had taken him years to develop a working dictionary of Unseen, and more to unlock the probable pronunciation of its alphabet.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

India's top judges often make news for their rulings or pronunciations on weighty matters of law.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The film is a feat of maximalist and moody production design and cinematography, but the tedious and overwrought script renders every character two-dimensional, despite the effortful acting and teary pronunciations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024

The city has asked translators to furnish names that are transliterated, a process that more closely approximates English pronunciations.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2024

He was always correcting her, making her do English pronunciations.

From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2023

So whichever dictionary you choose, read the user manual in the front to see how yours handles multiple or variant pronunciations.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner


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