avowals

noun

Definition of avowalsnext
plural of avowal
1
as in declarations
a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something with jingoism rampant, the peace candidate felt compelled to make an avowal of his patriotism

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2
as in admissions
an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself her own avowal that she was to blame for the accident

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  1. declarations
  2. admissions
  3. assertions
  4. confessions
  5. acknowledgments
Noun
  • Senior sovereign credit rating analyst declarations on the existence of bias can be searched and found publicly.
    Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Growing numbers of companies have made initial declarations this year — including Meta Platforms and Google-parent Alphabet — and Wolfe Research is highlighting a long list of companies that could be next to reward shareholders.
    Brian Evans, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
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  • Santosh has already had a successful theatrical release in France, by Haut Et Court Distribution, with more than 150,000 admissions to date.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Last year, the Supreme Court rejected race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina in a historic decision that rolled back decades of precedent and has dramatically changed how the nation's private and public universities select their students.
    Justin Jouvenal and Ann E. Marimow The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of admissions
Noun
  • The association provided little substantiating detail when asked about those assertions.
    Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Some scientists have dismissed some of Kennedy’s assertions as absurd and not based in science.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of assertions
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  • Those false confessions ended up leading to an execution sentence from which I was smuggled.
    ABC NEWS, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • And then we were forced to give false confessions under torture.
    ABC NEWS, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of confessions
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  • Land acknowledgements — the recognition that Indigenous people were the original inhabitants of American land — have become more common among academics, nonprofits, companies, celebrities and even in social media bios.
    Kate Murphy, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
  • With this in mind, several local institutions around Seattle have drafted land acknowledgements recognizing that words alone are inadequate.
    Melissa Santos, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of acknowledgments
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