Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of sounding a trumpet, of emitting a trumpet-like sound, or of publishing by or as by sounding a trumpet.
- noun In coalmining, a division made in a shaft for ventilation or other purposes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mining) A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
action of the verb to trumpet;playing a trumpet - noun mining A
channel cut behind thebrick lining of ashaft . - verb Present participle of
trumpet .
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Examples
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"We perceive [the option to sell the plants to EDF] primarily as a backstop liquidity facility," Shattuck told industry analysts in trumpeting his exciting new partnership with the French firm.
Constellation's fallout with French firm unfortunately the new business as usual Steven Pearlstein 2010
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What bothers me about the “newspapers are dead” debate is the apparent glee so many people take in trumpeting that belief.
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I don't know if it's the obvious oldness of the thing labeled "all new," or if it's the idea that putting books on a wheeled cart was ever exciting enough to warrant a painted label trumpeting it's newness and mobility.
Archive 2006-11-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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I don't know if it's the obvious oldness of the thing labeled "all new," or if it's the idea that putting books on a wheeled cart was ever exciting enough to warrant a painted label trumpeting it's newness and mobility.
It's the All New Mobile Footnote Check Station! Ann Althouse 2006
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On January 20, 2011, Google began its quarterly earnings call trumpeting yet another record high in revenue—$8 billion for the quarter, making the 2010 total almost $30 billion by announcing that in April Eric Schmidt would step down as CEO.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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On January 20, 2011, Google began its quarterly earnings call trumpeting yet another record high in revenue—$8 billion for the quarter, making the 2010 total almost $30 billion by announcing that in April Eric Schmidt would step down as CEO.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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So bookstores are packed with titles trumpeting old-fashioned cookery, some written from the heart and others from the dictionary of generic sentiment.
Whipping Up Memories 2008
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The WSJ reports something, the Obama campaign denies it, and you claim it's Obama "trumpeting" it.
Obama Campaign Denies They Have North Carolina Congressional Delegation Locked Up 2009
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Slate magazine has compiled a couple of new stories, including a hilarious faux-supportive piece 'trumpeting' ID, written by Dahlia Lithwick:
Of Foxes and Fundamentalists RICHARD 2005
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Slate magazine has compiled a couple of new stories, including a hilarious faux-supportive piece 'trumpeting' ID, written by Dahlia Lithwick:
Archive 2005-09-01 RICHARD 2005
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