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, 11 Feb. 2025
On his third day back in office, Trump signed an order to declassify government records relating to the assassinations of Kennedy, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
An order declassifying the John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. assassination files.
—Joseph Lawler, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Feb. 2025
Trump presidency:Read the executive order that declassifies the assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK
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—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
On his third day back in office, Trump signed an order to declassify government records relating to the assassinations of Kennedy, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
An order declassifying the John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. assassination files.
—Joseph Lawler, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Feb. 2025
Trump presidency:Read the executive order that declassifies the assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK
What is the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina?
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Declassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/declassify. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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