noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a surprise announcement
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In a surprise announcement the company said they were withdrawing their planning application.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
formal
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He looked cool and infinitely experienced, listening apparently with grave attention to the herald's formal announcement .
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The network is to make a formal announcement Thursday morning.
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Developers are staying tight-lipped about details of the housing scheme until a formal announcement is made.
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Even before the formal resignation announcements , the jockeying for position within the Shadow Cabinet was well under way last night.
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The formal announcement is believed to be scheduled for September, with modest volumes to be deliverable around November time.
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But they are likely to delay formal announcements until mid-October.
official
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But I had to keep it a secret until an official announcement was made seven weeks later.
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Within this he pinned the official announcement that sentence of death had been carried out.
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The Minister may want to announce what it now contains, because we have had no official announcement .
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The results of the People's Booker are posted online in the days following the official winner announcement .
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The official announcement is expected in the autumn.
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Should Clinton win, that official announcement would herald the biggest clearout of personnel the White House has seen.
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In July 1938 the official announcement of passenger closure came.
public
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The public announcement of Steen's death had sapped the urgency out of him and yesterday's imperatives no longer mattered.
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They asked about the tombstone, the public announcement that would appear in the financial press at the end of the deal.
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The band will also record public service announcements for local radio stations, urging petitions to protest the arrest.
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The stated purpose of the meal made it a public announcement of a certain cause.
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No public announcement was to be made until a replacement had been decided upon.
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News releases, brochures, newspaper advertising, direct mail and public service announcements are also in the works.
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A public announcement of the plan to build a Hinkley C power station was made a month later.
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Resnikoff recalled how one House regular taped a statement for a public service announcement plugging the program on radio stations.
recent
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Word processing on the Macintosh has always bordered on the realm of page makeup and recent announcements here only serve that view.
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The Digital decision comes on top of recent job announcements in the area.
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That firm will have welcomed the recent announcement of an order for a further three of these ships.
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The recent announcement that the National Gallery intend to establish a public relations department may improve the situation.
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There has been a recent announcement of a child-care maintenance system which runs on a Psion and further applications are likely.
■ NOUN
service
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The band will also record public service announcements for local radio stations, urging petitions to protest the arrest.
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News releases, brochures, newspaper advertising, direct mail and public service announcements are also in the works.
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Resnikoff recalled how one House regular taped a statement for a public service announcement plugging the program on radio stations.
surprise
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The philanthropic family's largesse was echoed by surprise announcements from both the Federal and provincial governments.
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But on Friday, Apple made a surprise announcement .
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delay
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The Panel is not sympathetic to delay in making an announcement occasioned by an unsuccessful application for suspension.
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The idea of delaying announcement dates would soon hold no mirth at Bandley 3.
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But they are likely to delay formal announcements until mid-October.
expect
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Results for the 12 months to the end of December are expected shortly along with an announcement on the progress of loan renegotiations.
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It looks like its got a few tricks up its sleeve about Solaris-on-Intel as well: expect announcements of some OEMs.
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Gramm is expected to make his announcement Wednesday.
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Mercury says to expect an announcement in a couple of months.
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The stock market has been expecting an announcement all week.
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Nobody really expected that the announcement of a unilateral cease-fire would bring an immediate end to the fighting.
follow
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It follows the announcement of the closure of the Dewar's bottling plant in the city, which employs 340 people.
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Shares of Body Shop fell as much as 8 pence to 144p following the announcement , their lowest since Nov. 4.
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Her visit follows the announcement just two days ago that the dockyard is to be privatised.
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The company said further restructuring plans could follow this announcement but declined to elaborate.
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The bomb followed the announcement on Tuesday that early regional elections will be held in May.
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The appeal follows the announcement of loans and grants totalling nearly £21,000 to parish councils, sports clubs and voluntary bodies.
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The numbness that followed the first announcement of the virus is quickly becoming a paralysis.
hear
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The Journal hears that an announcement on the sales force will be made internally this Monday and will not be made public.
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At 4: 15, the watchers on the suspension bridge heard an announcement that the boat was in sight.
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It heard blithe announcements from two military eminences which were hardly reassuring.
make
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He started going out with Carolyn soon after Pam made her announcement .
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Apple kept a low profile for the first few days of the conference, making no major announcements or product introductions.
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Then Deutschlandsender made their announcement yesterday that Hess had flown the coop and I think that clinched it for them.
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Bayer said it will make an announcement this afternoon about the fine.
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Mr Lamont made his announcement on Tuesday.
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The network is to make a formal announcement Thursday morning.
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Gramm is expected to make his announcement Wednesday.
welcome
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That firm will have welcomed the recent announcement of an order for a further three of these ships.
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Environmental groups such as Transport 2000 welcomed the announcement , but stressed that it would not produce major changes in the transport balance.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I read the announcement of her death in today's newspaper.
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Silence, please. Mr Bennett is about to make an announcement .
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The announcement of the plan provoked demonstrations from the college's students.
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The announcement was heard by millions of radio listeners this morning.
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The short written announcement gave no details.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the centre of these events was the announcement that Sellafield wanted to expand its activities.
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He made this announcement at the Board of Trustees' annual retreat.
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However, discussions had been interrupted by the announcement that the factory had to close.
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Hunter, nearly ruined it all with the announcement that he'd tested positive four times for steroids.
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It is noteworthy that Schuman did not contact Britain in advance of his announcement .
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Shares of Body Shop fell as much as 8 pence to 144p following the announcement , their lowest since Nov. 4.
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When the announcement forced the price of the shares up he subsequently sold.