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verb

past tense of pronounce
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Recent Examples of pronounced
Adjective
In the Nashville area, the gap is even more pronounced. Collyn Wainwright, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 During those same years, the slide in graduate students – who make up about a quarter of the total on campus – was more pronounced. Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Verb
The victim was taken with a gunshot wound to the head to UChicago Medicine where he was pronounced dead. Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024 She was rushed to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said. Stepheny Price, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pronounced
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pronounced
Adjective
  • The ribbed texture is noticeable, but not too thick, and the contouring on the back and front could not be more flattering.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
  • The team issued an advisory noting that residents in nearby communities may see a noticeable increase in smoke July 5 coming from the southwest flank of the Oak Ridge Fire.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 5 July 2025
Adjective
  • But a sharp turn straight into country seems like far too obvious a path for a singer-songwriter who has quietly done her own thing.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
  • And then there are the descriptions of the additional terms, which may not be obvious.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Well, that’s just not a common word uttered by the holidayers dressed in designer kaftans.
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Not a word of condemnation has been uttered by the Western mainstream media, none whatsoever.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • That’s why one of the race’s most prominent sponsorships—the official jersey provider—has been controversial among riders for decades.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 12 July 2025
  • The largest and most prominent piece in the exhibit, which runs through Oct. 19, is not by its main subject, 18th century artist George Romney.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • Prejudice has long disconnected Black and Latino communities — but the blatant dismissal of ICE raids as a Latino issue is off base.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
  • However, if the church becomes tainted with blatant partisan politics, the church will look like the world with polarizing division.
    Stephen Mitchell, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Dale was hospitalized and declared brain dead the following day.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
  • In July 2024, a mistrial was declared.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Tigers have been the surprise team in baseball this season and currently have a commanding lead in the AL Central.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
  • Trump’s criticism came after Mamdani, 33, took a commanding lead over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Tuesday’s primary race.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Ayton’s arrival fills the Lakers’ most glaring offseason need.
    Greg Beacham, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2025
  • Policymakers should focus on developing industries in which the United States faces the most glaring scarcities.
    Damien Ma, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2025

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