as in declared
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as in alleged
to state as a fact usually forcefully
avowed that the colonization of Mars in our lifetime is not only possible but probable
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as in professed
to state clearly and strongly
avowed their undying love for each other
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Recent Examples of avowed
John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2022
An avowed minimalist, Ogle moves from place to place with few possessions.
—Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Nov. 2021
The avowed Trump supporter has expressed skepticism about Dominion's integrity.
—Carly Roman, Washington Examiner, 18 Jan. 2021
Christopher Smith for The New York Times Jane King, a financial investor from Boston who describes herself as progressive, began the presidential primary as an avowed supporter of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
—New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020
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Adjective
An avowed white supremacist writing about Indigenous peoples is unlikely to fly these days.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2022
An avowed minimalist, Ogle moves from place to place with few possessions.
—Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Nov. 2021
The avowed Trump supporter has expressed skepticism about Dominion's integrity.
—Carly Roman, Washington Examiner, 18 Jan. 2021
Christopher Smith for The New York Times Jane King, a financial investor from Boston who describes herself as progressive, began the presidential primary as an avowed supporter of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
—New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avowed
Verb
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To that end, although the complaint references alleged text messages from Bayless, the more explosive and damning allegations are told through Faraji’s recollections.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Just days before the vote, the complaint alleged, the employee in the auditor’s office violated ethics laws by sharing confidential information that portrayed the ambulance service negatively.—
Jacob Orledge,
ProPublica,
6 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Rescuers were unable to resuscitate her and she was declared dead at the scene, police said.—
Michael Levitt,
NPR,
25 Dec. 2024
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The ship recently completed five days of trials and has now been declared ready for all kinds of sea operations.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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That number may be an inflated estimate of DOGE's overall cuts, and doling out checks would undercut its stated goal of reducing the government deficit.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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Criminalization does not achieve its stated goal of protecting women.—
Sarah Lustbader,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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White and McGregor have insisted the former will return to the Octagon in 2025, but perhaps this fight with Jake or Logan could precede his return to the UFC.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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In the House, a majority of Democrats voted against the bill after House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted on adding the provision to ban transgender medical care for children.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Dec. 2024
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That professed skepticism clashed with his record in office.—
Henry Farrell,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Dec. 2024
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That professed confidence in each’s own instincts and indifference to most dissident opinions is how both led the country and made some pretty colossal missteps.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Rather than passing explicit judgment, the film provides a meditation on human dominance and the ethical dilemmas of our interactions with other species.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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Some businesses made their Southern roots explicit in their advertising.—
Kendra D. Boyd,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Third Down Conversions Another area where the first-round winners asserted their dominance was on third-down conversions.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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In the end, Myanmar's reform project did not fail, as some have asserted, but was brutally derailed.—
Derek Mitchell,
NPR,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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However, the Mark Thompson-run cable newser was pretty unequivocal in a statement released later.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2025
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The science is unequivocal: climate change is real, and the Endangerment Finding is essential for acknowledging this reality and taking urgent action.—
Margo T. Oge,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Avowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avowed. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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