announcement
Use Announcement in a sentence
mənt noun
1.
public or formal notice announcing something: The announcement appeared in the newspapers.
2.
the act of announcing.
3.
a short message or commercial, especially a commercial spoken on radio or television.
4.
a card or piece of formal stationery containing a formal declaration of an event, as a wedding.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a public statement |
| 2. | a brief item or advertisement, as in a newspaper |
| 3. | a formal printed or written invitation |
| 4. | the act of announcing |
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Example sentences
The same is true for the announcement in the newspaper.
The announcement is sure to roil an already bubbling controversy over the value of that screening.
As is customary, the court's announcement of its decision to hear the case said nothing about its reasons for doing so.
The announcement of a vote is not a decision of the chair.
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