announcement
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announcements
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public or formal notice announcing something.
The announcement appeared in the newspapers.
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the act of announcing.
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a short message or commercial, especially a commercial spoken on radio or television.
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a card or piece of formal stationery containing a formal declaration of an event, as a wedding.
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a public statement
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a brief item or advertisement, as in a newspaper
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a formal printed or written invitation
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the act of announcing
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Etymology
Origin of announcement
From the French word anoncement, dating back to 1790–1800. See announce, -ment
Explanation
An announcement is a public statement that's usually formal and has a specific purpose. There are many kinds of announcements, but they're all public and meant to inform. In school, the announcements might say whose birthday it is and what clubs are meeting after school. In a store, an announcement might mention a sale or a lost kid who's looking for her parents. The President makes lots of formal announcements, like the decision to run for re-election. So basically, if it's announcing something, it's an announcement.
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Prices of gold, silver, platinum and Bitcoin rose following the Treasury buyback announcement, while the dollar fell.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Treasury Department’s buyback announcement this past week wasn’t enough to calm jittery stock and bond markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
This comes after the "bombshell announcement" that Meghan and the Duke of Sussex are returning to the UK.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Treasury’s buyback announcement was meant to arrest a monthslong slide in bonds that has pushed borrowing costs higher across the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
No one was more surprised than Jerrie, and the announcement fueled her belief that she would someday go into space.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
While that worked well initially in 2022, at the time of a minibudget crisis, a string of successive announcements over time had increasingly less impact.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Subreddits can be used for fun things like product announcements, sure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The announcements come at a time when the world is grappling with increasingly capable AI systems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
At one point in early July, some 90 percent of Russia's regions had imposed limits on fuel purchases -- mostly imposing maximum volume rules -- according to AFP calculations based on local announcements.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Rabiya is sitting next to me, but although we were whispering during the announcements, I make sure to give Imam Malik my attention now.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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