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as in to announce
to make known openly or publicly
the company trumpeted the launch of the new phone that had none of the bugs the old one was known for
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as in to advertise
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively
critics trumpeted the band's latest album as the best of the decade
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Recent Examples of trumpet
Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Bellei trumpeted a strong rapport between price and quality among the Saudi collections on display.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Tim Greiving, HollywoodReporter, 20 Dec. 2025
In 1991, the 16-year-old wowed the audience, playing trumpet alongside Chuck Findley on the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
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Verb
The conflict over the road was trumpeted as the motive in the press.
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But in an earlier scene, Nixon pleads with his wife not to divorce him, reminding her of their idyllic courtship days; Williams’ music here is a lyrical love theme for solo trumpet and strings — pure bittersweet Americana.
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The discovery, which was made in 2024 but not announced until December, was carried out by Inrap, France's national institution for preventive archaeology.—
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The Mean Green's best football season ever wasn't even over before the major figures from that team left, or announced their intentions to bounce ASAP; when the season did end, moments after North Texas defeated San Diego State to win the New Mexico Bowl, is when the great Denton flood began.—
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That bar had advertised all-inclusive tickets to a New Year’s Eve event, according to a BoiseDev story, but the ad is no longer available on the bar’s website.—
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Appleton has come as advertised as a hard-working, defensively reliable third-liner with limited offensive upside (11 points in 34 games).—
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The small group of protesters spent an hour waving signs at cars traveling along U.S. Route 31 in Miami County north of Indianapolis, which spurred regular choruses of honks from semi-trucks to sedans.—
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Summer went out with a low, slow honk Saturday in Franklin Park.—
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Ancient tooth enamel revealed that early medieval migrants came to England through the Mediterranean and from the Arctic Circle and beyond, according to a new study published in Medieval Archaeology.—
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The series was critically acclaimed and earned multiple Emmys, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Wyle, and Outstanding Drama Series.—
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Best friends Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald founded the bakery acclaimed for its large cookie offerings.—
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My father mistakes it for the verb to bray, like a donkey.—
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Soon, the demonstrations did indeed start, amplified echoes of the recent protests in Qom and Tabriz, which led Rafiq to pace the living room and proclaim ecstatically that this was it, this was the end of the Shah, that imperialist puppet of the West.—
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With a lawsuit against it dismissed in court last week, Bloomfield Mayor Anthony Harrington’s administration on Tuesday proclaimed victory over former Deputy Mayor Rickford Kirton, one of its most outspoken critics.—
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Still, the district put full faith in its current coaches, promoting from within.—
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The series is part of the theater's efforts to promote accessible, affordable arts programs for the Aurora community.—
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“Trumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trumpet. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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