clarion call
noun
: a strong request for something to happen
—usually singular
He used his speech to sound a clarion call for affordable health care.
the leader's clarion call to action
Examples of clarion call in a Sentence
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There's a clarion call across many industries today: Enterprises must transform or risk fading into oblivion.
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Thomas Lim, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
More importantly, his exceptional dedication to humanity and world peace during the four decades after his presidency are a clarion call to service.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Even at their heaviest, her songs are possessed by a weightlessness, elevated by an elegant, ethereal voice that echoes out like a clarion call.
—The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
Bond investors are sending a clarion call to the world’s fiscal authorities to get a grip on their budget trajectories.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Today, Gainesville Sun Sports Columnist David Whitley takes over:
SEC fans can unite behind one clarion call this weekend.
Go Marshall!
—David Whitley, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Kamala Harris conceded Wednesday her sweeping loss to President-elect Donald Trump with a clarion call to continue the fight for justice in America.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024
Carreira’s is the kind of small, still-waters debut that nonetheless confidently sets out its maker’s store for future work — a clarion call for a new generation of social-realist cinema, sadly not as far removed from the previous one as their forebears might have hoped.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
The Taylor Swift deepfake incident served as a clarion call, alerting us to the potential for harm.
—Virginie Berger, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Thomas Lim, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
More importantly, his exceptional dedication to humanity and world peace during the four decades after his presidency are a clarion call to service.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Even at their heaviest, her songs are possessed by a weightlessness, elevated by an elegant, ethereal voice that echoes out like a clarion call.
—The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
Bond investors are sending a clarion call to the world’s fiscal authorities to get a grip on their budget trajectories.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Today, Gainesville Sun Sports Columnist David Whitley takes over:
SEC fans can unite behind one clarion call this weekend.
Go Marshall!
—David Whitley, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Kamala Harris conceded Wednesday her sweeping loss to President-elect Donald Trump with a clarion call to continue the fight for justice in America.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024
Carreira’s is the kind of small, still-waters debut that nonetheless confidently sets out its maker’s store for future work — a clarion call for a new generation of social-realist cinema, sadly not as far removed from the previous one as their forebears might have hoped.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
The Taylor Swift deepfake incident served as a clarion call, alerting us to the potential for harm.
—Virginie Berger, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Clarion call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clarion%20call. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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