announceable

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English

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Etymology

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From announce +‎ -able.

Adjective

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announceable (comparative more announceable, superlative most announceable)

  1. Able to be announced.
    • 1978, Maxine Klein, Theatre for the 98%, page 57:
      The pilot with all the self-assurance in the world walks down the aisle enters the cockpit and announces their destination, altitude, and whatever else is announceable.

Noun

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announceable (plural announceables)

  1. (informal) A positive-sounding news item suitable for public announcement; a sound bite.
    • 2007, Warren Kinsella, The War Room, page 38:
      I was in Don's office to talk about the day's “announceables,” as we called them — on that day, the things Ontario Liberal Party Leader Dalton McGuinty was saying about health care.