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
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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 is back in federal custody, one of five men who prosecutors say busted through a Southeast Portland pawn shop last month using a sledgehammer and stole 47 guns worth about $20,000.
—oregonlive, 7 Feb. 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
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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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This would be directly counter to the stated goal of fighting antisemitism.—
Hannah Rosenthal and David Saperstein,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Since the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the United Nations has boosted that annual extortion to $300 billion per year, with a stated goal of increasing it to $1.35 trillion per year by 2035.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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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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The panel tries in vain to figure out why conservative critics who objected to Lamar largely overlooked Batiste’s more explicit statement. Conservatives who seemed outraged by the very existence of Lamar’s performance crystallized America’s cultural divide.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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Romano has made no explicit political endorsements or affiliations.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 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
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Thanks to the concentration of our forces in and around the Strip, and thanks to President Trump's clear and unequivocal statement, Hamas backed down and the release of the hostages continued.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Pursuing dangerous Medicaid block grant schemes and allowing flagrant violations of unequivocal state laws looks like throwing stones in a Capitol building made of glass.—
Sheldon Toubman,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Avowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avowed. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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