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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The president can classify and declassify at will via oral or written instruction.
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Dakota Rudesill, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2025
The power to classify or declassify lies in the hands of top federal officials, including the president and Cabinet secretaries.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
In 2017, the CIA declassified a document revealed that the intelligence agency investigated the possibility that Adolf Hitler was alive in South America as late as 1955 — nearly a decade after World War II ended.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration this week declassified more than 63,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, delivering on a campaign promise.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2025
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Dakota Rudesill, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2025
The power to classify or declassify lies in the hands of top federal officials, including the president and Cabinet secretaries.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
In 2017, the CIA declassified a document revealed that the intelligence agency investigated the possibility that Adolf Hitler was alive in South America as late as 1955 — nearly a decade after World War II ended.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration this week declassified more than 63,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, delivering on a campaign promise.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Declassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/declassify. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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