proclamation

Example Sentences

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YOUNTVILLE, Calif.—The town council meeting opened with a proclamation for Red Cross Month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

There was no such proclamation during the unpopular Vietnam War, and it was then that Congress sought to reassert its powers.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

For many of the categories of exempt goods, the proclamation is broad and does not specifically say what items might be exempt.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Though she was correct at the time, Huppert couldn’t have known that her proclamation was actually a prophecy.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

But after that horrifying day of the proclamation of the edict of expulsion, Mother takes down our mezuzah, which announces we are Jewish, to bring to our new home.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar