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• n  a formal public statement
  the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war
• n  a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
  the announcement appeared in the local newspaper

• Goss then talked with Bush before the departure announcement, where they were seated in front of the fireplace the White House uses for photo opportunities with visiting world .
• I apologize for interrupting the relaxing that I told all of you to do, but I have an important announcement to make concerning the Federal Reserve.
• The stock dropped 3% after the announcement.

• proclamation
• annunciation
• declaration
• promulgation

News & Articles

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• Announcement Regarding the Investigation Report of the Third - Party Committee
  TOKYO -- Following our announcement dated January 7th, 2013 titled the "Announcement Concerning the Resolution to Establish a Third Party Committee in Response to the Recent Media Reports about Our ...
  June 21, 2013 - GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance
• UKDMO UK Regulatory Announcement: Issue of Debt
  LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DMO SCREEN ANNOUNCEMENT "WHEN ISSUED" TRADING IN 3½% TREASURY GILT 2068, TO BE SOLD BY SYNDICATED OFFERING The DMO, with the agreement of the London Stock Exchange, announces the sanctioning of "When Issued" trading, under London Stock Exchange Rule 1530, in the new 3½% Treasury Gilt 2068 (expected to be sold by a syndicated offer next week, subject to market conditions ...
  June 21, 2013 - Business Wire
• Large shareholder announcement - OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
  Company Announcement to the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority No. 14-2013, 20 June 2013 Pursuant to Section 29 of the Securities Trading Act, FLSmidth has been informed that OppenheimerFunds, Inc.`s ...
  June 20, 2013 - Thomson Reuters ONE via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Los Angeles Times
  This announcement is as convincing an answer to the efforts undertaken by Iran over the last few days as any we could provide,Clinton said.
• John Smoltz in USA Today
  Smoltz, who thanked the Braves and manager Bobby Cox in a statement, said, "I was going to withhold comment until the announcement of my signing with a new team, but I now feel the need to clear up any misconceptions and inaccuracies about the...
• Barack Obama in Forbes
  I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness, a certain audacity, to this announcement,Obama said.