declassify
verb
de·clas·si·fy
(ˌ)dē-ˈkla-sə-ˌfī 
declassified; declassifying; declassifies
: to remove or reduce the security classification of
declassify a secret document
Examples of declassify in a Sentence
The government has not yet declassified that information.
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Memos authored by House Republicans and Democrats, which have been declassified, showed that information about Papadopoulos’ contacts with Russian intermediaries triggered the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation in July 2016 of potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
In late September 2020, weeks before voters would choose between Trump and Joe Biden, Ratcliffe declassified and released the CIA memo, along with some notes from an intelligence briefing given to President Barack Obama.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
During his time as director of national intelligence, Ratcliffe declassified unverified Russian intelligence information that claimed Hillary Clinton approved a plan to link Trump to Russia and the Democratic National Committee cyberattacks in 2016.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
On Wednesday, Romania's outgoing president Klaus Iohannis declassified intelligence documents from the Supreme Council for National Defence.
—Sorcha Bradley, The Week Uk, theweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
In late September 2020, weeks before voters would choose between Trump and Joe Biden, Ratcliffe declassified and released the CIA memo, along with some notes from an intelligence briefing given to President Barack Obama.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
During his time as director of national intelligence, Ratcliffe declassified unverified Russian intelligence information that claimed Hillary Clinton approved a plan to link Trump to Russia and the Democratic National Committee cyberattacks in 2016.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
On Wednesday, Romania's outgoing president Klaus Iohannis declassified intelligence documents from the Supreme Council for National Defence.
—Sorcha Bradley, The Week Uk, theweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Declassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/declassify. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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