PROCLAIMING Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

proclaiming

verb

present participle of proclaim

as in announcing

to make known openly or publicly loudly proclaimed her innocence, to widespread disbelief

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Recent Examples of proclaiming Her son Spencer, 5, could be heard proclaiming his hunger in the back of the video and is seen grabbing a few slices of Parmesan cheese prepped for the salad. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 Carlson, who had just released a documentary called The End of Men, devoted hours of airtime to proclaiming Tate’s innocence; so did the right-wing podcaster Candace Owens. — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026 The authors aimed to save college sports by (restricting the transfer portal) and (hard-capping NIL) but also (kneecapping the Big Ten and SEC) and proclaiming (schools can’t change conferences). — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 22 July 2026 As Gu-cheon and Saeng-gang prepare for Gu-cheon’s trip to the mirror world, Saeng-gang hears a spirit proclaiming that Gu-cheon will die that night. — Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026 Lifelong Aurora resident Anna Scaggs stood inside Aurora City Hall Tuesday night holding a plaque proclaiming July as Disability Pride Month in Aurora. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Her Valley girl howl will stop you in your tracks, proclaiming friendship, revolution, and, yeah, lust. — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 Pinned to their random assortment of hats were scrawled, handmade signs proclaiming liberty or death. — Sarah M.s. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 That didn’t stop people on social media from breathlessly proclaiming that Bud’s was back. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026

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The initial village news release announcing the event had also said that future village board meetings would include additional public safety measures, including pre-entry screening and a prohibition on bags, backpacks, and similar items.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Myles Gaskin is hanging up his NFL jersey, announcing his retirement from the game of football at 29 years old.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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Moore Russell celebrated with supporters Tuesday evening on the shores of Lake Orlando, declaring that the result showed people at the ballot box can overcome money.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Iran, declaring the strait under its control, has attacked dozens of ships that tried to to travel the waterway via the north coast of Oman.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of declaring

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Textbooks Ken Miller, a professor emeritus of biology at Brown University, has been publishing one of the nation’s most popular biology textbooks for nearly 30 years.

— Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
The referrals were made prior to the watchdog publishing its findings this week.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026

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