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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Kimmel's opening monologue featured more jokes at the expense of President Donald Trump and his administration, including a joke about Trump's surprise decision last week to order his administration to declassify records about Amelia Earhart's disappearance.
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Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
On Friday President Trump announced that all government documents related to American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart will be declassified, sparking criticism from commentators and Democratic politicians on social media that a similar move hasn’t been taken with the Jeffrey Epstein files.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Sep. 2025
The National Archives was required to release the trove under a provision included in an annual defense policy bill directing the executive branch to declassify certain records.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Earlier in 2024, Fox News trimmed a portion of his answer to a question when he was asked about declassifying files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
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Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
On Friday President Trump announced that all government documents related to American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart will be declassified, sparking criticism from commentators and Democratic politicians on social media that a similar move hasn’t been taken with the Jeffrey Epstein files.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Sep. 2025
The National Archives was required to release the trove under a provision included in an annual defense policy bill directing the executive branch to declassify certain records.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Earlier in 2024, Fox News trimmed a portion of his answer to a question when he was asked about declassifying files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Declassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/declassify. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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