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as in alleged
to state as a fact usually forcefully
avowed that the colonization of Mars in our lifetime is not only possible but probable
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as in professed
to state clearly and strongly
avowed their undying love for each other
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Recent Examples of avowed
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2022
An avowed minimalist, Ogle moves from place to place with few possessions.
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Tim Sullivan,
The Courier-Journal,
25 Nov. 2021
Steven Rowley,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
When on day five of his mayoralty Zohran Mamdani acknowledged the inefficacy of homeless sweeps and avowed to end them, street homeless adults, advocates, and attorneys rejoiced.
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Deborah Berkman,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
An avowed white supremacist writing about Indigenous peoples is unlikely to fly these days.
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John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2022
An avowed minimalist, Ogle moves from place to place with few possessions.
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Tim Sullivan,
The Courier-Journal,
25 Nov. 2021
Verb
But Byron’s answer was immediate and avowed.
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Steven Rowley,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
When on day five of his mayoralty Zohran Mamdani acknowledged the inefficacy of homeless sweeps and avowed to end them, street homeless adults, advocates, and attorneys rejoiced.
—
Deborah Berkman,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avowed
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Wayfair, with Castlegate, Shein, with its manufacturing network, and Beyond, with its stated goal of being the ‘everything home company’ are each trying to replicate the success of these models.
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With the call spread strategy in this ETF, a call is sold to generate premium at a stated price, and another call option is bought at the same time at a higher strike price to capture potential upside.
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The complaint alleged deceptive advertising and other misconduct.
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The court of appeal further ruled Guild had sufficiently alleged CCM had aided, and benefited from, then-Guild branch manager Christopher Flowers’s breach of his fiduciary duty to Guild.
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The State Department on Tuesday congratulated conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori after she was declared the winner of Peru’s presidential runoff election by a razor-thin margin.
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The military declared McKinney dead in March 1946, though no crash site had been identified, let alone any remains of the man from Providence, Rhode Island.
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There is no more explicit example of the vulnerability of American democracy, and of the magnitude of the task of repairing it once it is breached.
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The real toxicity concern, per The New Republic‘s review of contractor materials, confirming previous reporting from Meidas News, lies in the epoxy resin used for the pool’s new lining, which carries explicit long-term aquatic toxicity warnings.
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Slave owners insisted that human bondage fulfilled God’s will.
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Even with some international teams packing up to go home, Rodríguez late Thursday insisted that the government was not winding down rescue efforts.
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Even Kennedy, who has professed a deep interest in fixing the nation’s patchy addiction-treatment infrastructure, has offered no plan for dealing specifically with the country’s favorite drug.
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This was something that Clarkson, who has professed his love for the car on more than one occasion, would end up documenting on Top Gear.
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Billy Leung, investment strategist at Global X ETFs was unequivocal.
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To that end, the Constitution laid down clear, unequivocal and enforceable rules to protect individuals’ rights.
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The Dodgers claimed a series win in the four-game home set against their division rival, with the chance to sweep Sunday.
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Russia meanwhile has claimed that its forces now control the important town of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
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“Avowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avowed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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