proclamation
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Hathaway’s gospel-infused arrangement and call-and-response with a crowd at the Troubadour transformed Carole King’s song from a private promise into a proclamation of Black resilience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
In a solemn ceremony, Moon recited his proclamation on an elevated stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
While President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, the proclamation didn’t apply to border states loyal to the Union.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Gov Abbott issued a proclamation declaring a state of disaster on Friday, which states the outbreak presents "an imminent threat or occurrence of widespread danger and injury to the Texas agricultural industry".
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
It was enshrined in the proclamation from the city council that hung on a bulletin board, honoring one of Permian’s state championship teams.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Reading the proclamations reveals another layer of awful.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
Among the proclamations of the first French republic was an end to slavery in its island possessions—a forerunner of wider abolition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Around Angel’s old barber chair, just about every inch of wall space is occupied by proclamations and photos.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
The court starts with grand judicial maximalist proclamations from the founding about how it’s the duty of courts, especially Virginia courts, to decide legal questions.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
On a workbench was a smaller press for notifications, proclamations, broadsides, trade cards.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Vocabulary lists containing proclamation
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The American Civil War
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The Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
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