as in declared
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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.
—Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Nov. 2021
Deborah Berkman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
That Cody Balmer avowed the Palestinian cause in his call to 911, despite no prior connection to it, fits the general pattern, since that’s what was flitting across his screens.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
An avowed white supremacist writing about Indigenous peoples is unlikely to fly these days.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2022
An avowed minimalist, Ogle moves from place to place with few possessions.
—Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Nov. 2021
Verb
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
That Cody Balmer avowed the Palestinian cause in his call to 911, despite no prior connection to it, fits the general pattern, since that’s what was flitting across his screens.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avowed
Verb
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Another plaintiff was pressured to finish the year online or switch schools after reporting harassment, Casper alleged.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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False Trump has repeatedly alleged that undocumented immigrants have improperly influenced federal elections, but state voting data suggest that such instances are incredibly rare.—
ABC NEWS,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Republicans Incumbent County Judge Tim O’Hare, who has been in the seat since 2022, declared victory shortly after the early voting results were posted.—
Rachel Royster
Updated March 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2026
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Sean Duffy’s federal Department of Transportation last year asserted a degree of control over the funding, congressional appropriations bills and the power of the purse be damned, and summarily declared the program dead.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Her stated goal was to use technology to reduce absenteeism in school.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Its stated goal is to raise $500,000 for his daughters, Billie, 15, and Georgia, 14.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2026
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But there would inevitably be some who insisted that the bereaved also join in the singing.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Some commentators interpreted Altman’s remark as a veiled criticism of Anthropic, which had not agreed to these terms previously and instead insisted on explicit contractual restrictions on how its models could be used.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Feb. 2026
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In recent years, LaBeouf has professed to be sober.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Feb. 2026
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Fishback later winkingly professed ignorance about the word.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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The spirit of protest here is contextual rather than explicit, evoking an exhaustion similar to the darkness Bruce Springsteen captured in Nebraska as Vietnam drifted into the Reagan era.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
2 Mar. 2026
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That’s explicit in the first episode, when Hari dies for a formatting error.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2026
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Pakistan claimed on Friday afternoon that its military had killed 274 Afghan Taliban fighters and injured 400.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Police also claimed that the bag contained drugs and paraphernalia.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
26 Feb. 2026
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While most agree that Iran is a malign actor on the global stage, many asserted that the choice to use military force against it was a mistake.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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Sean Duffy’s federal Department of Transportation last year asserted a degree of control over the funding, congressional appropriations bills and the power of the purse be damned, and summarily declared the program dead.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Avowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avowed. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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