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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In fact, the full story (including the identity of the man used in the mission) remained under wraps until 1996, when a series of documents were declassified.
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 28 May 2025
Memos authored by House Republicans and Democrats, which have been declassified, showed that information about Papadopoulos’ contacts with Russian intermediaries triggered the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation in July 2016 of potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Also on the Hill, a hearing of the committee that aims to declassify America’s documents, focusing on John F. Kennedy.
—The Hill, 20 May 2025
The release was part of a day-one executive order issued by Trump to declassify government documents related to the assassination of JFK, his brother Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
But what does declassifying information entail?
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 28 May 2025
Memos authored by House Republicans and Democrats, which have been declassified, showed that information about Papadopoulos’ contacts with Russian intermediaries triggered the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation in July 2016 of potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Also on the Hill, a hearing of the committee that aims to declassify America’s documents, focusing on John F. Kennedy.
—The Hill, 20 May 2025
The release was part of a day-one executive order issued by Trump to declassify government documents related to the assassination of JFK, his brother Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
But what does declassifying information entail?
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Declassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/declassify. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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