Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for avouchment
Noun
  • Scenes from Gaza of devastation and hunger, as well as a famine declaration, have prompted outrage around the world and left Israel isolated diplomatically.
    Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In 2023 Mayor Mike Johnston issued an emergency declaration on homelessness.
    Sarah Stella, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The heist comes off as an acte gratuit—André Gide’s term for an action whose motivelessness is an assertion of freedom—and gives rise to the existential adventure of a hunted man on the run.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Then-Media School Dean James Shanahan rebutted the assertion, saying the school had never sought to influence the paper's content.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But a number of analysts have been skeptical of Russian claims about the effectiveness of the Kinzhal, according to an August report from the US Congressional Research Service.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The bill also ditches the burdensome cover-up requirement for claims against individuals.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Avouchment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avouchment. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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