clarion call

noun

: a strong request for something to happen
—usually singular
He used his speech to sound a clarion call for affordable health care.
the leader's clarion call to action

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The clarion call from Ted Cruz/Thom Tillis, resurrecting the Red Scare before the midterms. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026 Could there be a more cynical purveyor of the clarion call to make America great again? — Literary Hub, 28 July 2026 Somewhere in the heated mist hovered the howls of Albert Ayler and the clarion call of his brother Donald’s trumpet, followed by the Ornette Coleman Quartet, saluting him with joyous cacophony. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026 One moderate congressman is sounding a centrist clarion call. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for clarion call

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“Clarion call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clarion%20call. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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