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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Trump’s most meaningful gesture toward transparency has been ordering documents concerning the assassinations of the two Kennedys and of Martin Luther King, Jr., to be declassified.
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
The trove of documents were declassified and made available to the public on April 28 at the urging of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish advocacy group named for the famed late Nazi hunter.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
But in 2011, nearly 30,000 images were declassified and made available to the public through the Department of State.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The government’s collection had been fully concealed until 1992, when Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs declassified 139,544 documents.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
The trove of documents were declassified and made available to the public on April 28 at the urging of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish advocacy group named for the famed late Nazi hunter.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
But in 2011, nearly 30,000 images were declassified and made available to the public through the Department of State.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The government’s collection had been fully concealed until 1992, when Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs declassified 139,544 documents.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
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“Declassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/declassify. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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