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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Many of these documents were ordered to be declassified by @POTUS.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
President Donald Trump issued an executive order last month directing agencies to declassify the JFK, RFK, and MLK files.
—Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Feb. 2025
It was declassified Saturday by President Trump’s new CIA director, John Ratcliffe.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
The president has unilateral authority to declassify documents — anything in government.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
President Donald Trump issued an executive order last month directing agencies to declassify the JFK, RFK, and MLK files.
—Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Feb. 2025
It was declassified Saturday by President Trump’s new CIA director, John Ratcliffe.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
The president has unilateral authority to declassify documents — anything in government.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Declassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/declassify. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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