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adjective

Definition of declarednext
1
as in stated

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2
as in proclaimed

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declared

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verb

past tense of declare
1
as in announced
to make known openly or publicly she chose to declare her presidential aspirations at her college alma mater

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2
as in insisted
to state as a fact usually forcefully she would declare her innocence to the whole world if she could

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as in asserted
to state clearly and strongly our guest enthusiastically declared that the pie was the best he had ever eaten

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as in revealed
to make known (something abstract) through outward signs though she was silent, her expression declared her unwillingness to go along with the others

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Recent Examples of declared
Verb
Dozens of people have been infected around the country, California has declared a state of emergency and the spread among livestock has begun impacting the food supply. — Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024 Bill Lawrence has been around long enough to hear the comedy, the multicam sitcom — everything, really — declared dead. — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for declared
  1. stated
  2. announced
  3. insisted
  4. asserted
  5. revealed
  6. avowed
  7. published
  8. alleged
Adjective
  • 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
  • Criminalization does not achieve its stated goal of protecting women.
    — Sarah Lustbader, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of stated
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  • In Los Angeles, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a probe into a close call involving a plane transporting the Gonzaga University Men's basketball team.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Originally announced in 2002, the GEM has long been heralded as a symbol of Egypt‘s future, as part of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s Egypt Vision 2030, a large portion of which involves a major redevelopment of the Giza plateau, where GEM—and the famous Pyramids of Giza—is located.
    — Costa Beavin Pappas, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of announced
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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
  • 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
Definition of insisted
Verb
  • Third Down Conversions Another area where the first-round winners asserted their dominance was on third-down conversions.
    — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the end, Myanmar's reform project did not fail, as some have asserted, but was brutally derailed.
    — Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of asserted
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  • The identity of a third victim who was hospitalized has not been revealed.
    — Becca Longmire, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • To play, just make your selection in the multiple-choice list and the correct answer will be revealed.
    — J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of revealed
Adjective
  • An avowed foodie, Favreau learned some impressive knife skills for the role.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Hezbollah’s military capabilities dwarf those of Hamas, which Israel has been battling for the past six months with the avowed goal of dismantling the movement.
    — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
Definition of avowed
Verb
  • Their memoir Hollywood on the Tiber was published in Italian in 1982, and an English translation is now due for release.
    — Caroline Frost, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2025
  • This article was originally published by Glamour Spain.
    — Arancha Gamo, Glamour, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of published
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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
  • 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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