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Recent Examples of avowal One element that distinguishes the Protestant tradition from the other Abrahamic religions is its emphasis on public avowal. Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023 The ritual of public avowals began in Europe with the Reformation. Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023 Did the secret of this avowal loiter in the breast of a consecrated virgin? Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023 Poland, controlled alternately by Russia and Germany for much of the 20th century, was subject to such rule for decades, an experience that has informed an avowal and a consensus that the only way to prevail is to refuse to be dominated. Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for avowal 
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Noun
  • The president approved California Gov. Gavin Newsom's request for a presidential major disaster declaration, freeing up federal resources to support the response.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In Gaza, civilians expressed frustration over Trump’s recent declarations.
    Dayana Iwaza, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Tickets include admission to the garden, $15 ($11 seniors 62+ and students with ID, $5 children ages 5 to 12, free to members and children 4 and under).
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • On these days, the more than 100 park sites that normally charge visitors to enter will offer complimentary admission to everyone.
    Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Whether Fox has performance reviews and related materials found in personnel files to support that assertion remains to be seen.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Setting aside some gratuitous jump scares, Eggers has now made a Dracula movie that’s more than an exercise, more than an assertion of talent.
    Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Pierson has become a vocal critic of police interrogation methods in which detectives form a theory of the case and aggressively pursue a confession from their primary suspect.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • After drinks and some late-night confessions about relationship fears, the roommates fall asleep next to each other.
    Kate Stroup, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • To give you the Reader’s Digest version, though, Sweeney, whose insistence on having breasts has prompted some of the most unhinged discourse of 2024, posted dozens of shots from tabloid comment sections (the unhappiest place on earth, except for X).
    Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Julie Christie and Kate Winslet are wonderful as Gertrude and Ophelia, but his insistence on star casting finally gets the better of him.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Larson's remarks have been viewed as a deflection of responsibility rather than an acknowledgment of the challenges faced by victims, regardless of their race, gender or socioeconomic status.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Christian Silvain, now 74, expressed relief, describing the ruling as the end of a long struggle to obtain acknowledgment of Ye’s plagiarism.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Avowal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avowal. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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