avowals

plural of avowal

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of avowals As with most impassioned avowals made on hotel steps, Congress ignored it. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avowals
Noun
  • The governor’s executive power Abbott has routinely used the governorship to wield executive power, including through disaster declarations.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Reviewing your policy declarations page or asking your agent which option is on your policy takes only a few minutes.
    — Reputio, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Ending racial preferences in admissions leaves substantial discrimination untouched if universities distribute other opportunities by race.
    — Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The administration repeatedly lowered the annual refugee admissions ceiling, ultimately setting it at 15,000 for fiscal year 2021, a record low at the time.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • General assertions of lost profits, out-of-pocket expenses and reputational harm did not satisfy the requirement to plead special damages, Gayles wrote.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
  • All of those assertions, however, rested on the critical determinations made by the scientists handling the storage chapter.
    — Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Lee, meanwhile, functions as exasperated colleague, grieving friend, and increasingly, minder, as his mentor’s memory begins to slip, sometimes returning loudly in moments of unguarded truth—or perhaps deathbed confessions.
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Bundy gave a series of confessions in his final days, including to some crimes that were previously unknown to police.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But what an imaginative launching pad to interrogate the nature of greatness, the unsatisfactory acknowledgements of one’s own mediocrity, the seemingly unjust parceling out of genius from God.
    — Doni Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Among other acknowledgments of his work, he was included in Vancouver Magazine’s Power 50.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Avowals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avowals. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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