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enunciate

[ih-nuhn-see-eyt] / ɪˈnʌn siˌeɪt /


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Compassionate means you care about people and the policies you enunciate help people .

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

And I don’t enunciate and I can’t say half the words in the English language to this day.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2024

The coordinator, too, wants Howell to “over-communicate” and enunciate clearly so that teammates don’t miss a word, Howell says.

From Washington Times May 31, 2023

He doesn't think screen acting has changed much over the decades but he does have a grumble about "mumbling" - actors who fail to enunciate their lines.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2023

Then I cleared my throat and said my log-in pass phrase, being careful to enunciate: “You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Constitution, which enunciates the right to a “speedy and public trial” and to “be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation.”

From Salon Jun. 3, 2024

Slightly jarring, for instance, is seeing Jack Nicholson erupt on the witness stand in a “A Few Good Men” while his mouth enunciates perfect French.

From Washington Post Oct. 14, 2021

Through what she was saying, I came to realize that the way she speaks is actually intentional—she enunciates as if she’s on stage giving a performance.

From Slate May 4, 2021

The cast, a multiethnic ensemble as it is in all “Hamilton” productions, enunciates more precisely than their American counterparts.

From New York Times Jan. 5, 2018

“A pi-a-nist,” he enunciates, sauntering into the music room.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

“You must rewire your brain. I … urge … you,” she enunciated.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Wisher and Gaines handed off selections of the text to perform as spoken-word solos; at other junctures, they echoed each other, or enunciated identical phrases in phasing patterns.

From New York Times May 30, 2023

“Jamie Lee Curtis,” producer DeVon Franklin enunciated loudly into the mic.

From Seattle Times Feb. 13, 2023

There is a rhetorical technique called a Gish gallop in which a debater simply tosses out as many arguments — true, half true, untrue — as can be enunciated within the allotted time.

From Washington Post Jun. 28, 2022

The punishment against us was never enunciated as an official policy, but it was a renewal of the harsh atmosphere that prevailed upon our arrival on the island.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Pressman replied, theatrically enunciating the words into my digital recorder.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2024

She would sit with me for hours on the couch, pointing to words in books and magazines, and patiently enunciating them, bantering with me in an inexhaustible volley of puns, spoonerisms and goofy double entendres.

From Scientific American Jul. 12, 2023

Throughout, Davidsen alternates between conversational restraint — enunciating each syllable of Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s talky libretto with penetrating focus — and white-hot radiance.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2023

An LDS church spokesman later said the organization was not endorsing specific legislation but rather Mr. Bednar was enunciating “guiding principles” on the matter.

From Washington Times May 26, 2022

“Do you know Miss Wren?” she said, enunciating loudly.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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