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enunciate

[ih-nuhn-see-ayt] / ɪˈnʌn siˌeɪt /


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

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

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

Biden has a stutter, which can make it seem as if he can’t remember words when in fact he is struggling to enunciate them.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 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

They had lost the ability to enunciate words but could still mimic a range of human vocal sounds, from a child's high-pitched warble to a man's deep tones.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Chandrasekhar admitted he was no Jacques Bailly, the University of Vermont classics professor who has been the competition’s official pronouncer since 2003 and enunciates each word with a vaguely Midwestern intonation.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2022

He enunciates like a dressed-up Dylan on "Mother of Pearl," and cranks up the exaggeration on the Brechtian, funk-smeared proto-post-punk of "She Sells."

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2018

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

The play also enunciates its points a little too baldly in places.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2016

"Love," Yo enunciates, letting the full force of the word loose in her mouth.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

With free shipping! — but if Prime Video hasn’t yet enunciated as clear a brand identity as competitors like Disney+, it remains part of an attractive package deal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

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

Jazz players considered her their musical equal, yet even when she was singing at breakneck tempos, she enunciated every word with perfect clarity.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023

He enunciated each syllable as if we were hard of hearing.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

On the recent palace visit, at times he leaned forward into a reporter’s recording device, enunciating his talking points.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 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

He welcomes us with Mr. Brady's confident smile, speaking slowly, enunciating each word clearly.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins


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