avows

verb

present tense third-person singular of avow
1
as in insists
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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2
as in declares
to state clearly and strongly avowed their undying love for each other

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Recent Examples of avows Schwarzman avows that giving the generation that will run tomorrow’s governments, businesses and institutions a deep, in-person view of China’s never be more important. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 May 2026 McG has gotten down into the dirt to do some of the planting himself, the studio manager avows. — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avows
  1. insists
  2. declares
  3. alleges
  4. asserts
  5. claims
  6. professes
  7. contends
  8. proclaims
Verb
  • Brown, of Relativity, insists that adopting AI is a necessary move to maintain healthy peer-to-peer and global competition.
    — S. Sorrina Beecher, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • To our confoundment, the script insists that Gary, now retired, was the rare honest NYPD officer — and, weirder still, acts like that was obvious.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of insists
Verb
  • Its enduring contribution to the state, the university itself often declares, is rooted in the quality of the education students receive.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The settlement contains a provision denying wrongdoing except as expressly established in the judgment, which declares the district’s wristband ban unconstitutional.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of declares
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  • The indictment alleges that McDonnell spent some of the funds paying creditors and Bellum Entertainment’s payroll.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Linda Gilbert, who was 78 at the time of the incident, alleges that hospital staff injected the wrong drug into her spinal canal during the procedure.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of alleges
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  • Black asserts that the statements made by Garcia are false and that traveling to appear on national television to make such statements about the inquiry into Epstein’s crimes goes beyond the purview of a member of Congress.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Those statements were false and were made maliciously, Black asserts through his lawyers.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of asserts
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  • Google also claims the model outperforms competing systems across benchmarks covering agent routing, reasoning, ranking and multimodal understanding, while achieving the lowest calibration error.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
  • All of these companies are being sued by PHI Health, a national air ambulance chain, which claims the employers are responsible for bills that health insurers haven’t fully paid, or have delayed paying.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of claims
Verb
  • Mark professes his love for her with giant cards, while her husband is in the next room.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2026
  • San Diego professes pride in high graduation rates, but this is a chimera hiding the sad truth of how far our educational leaders will go to look good.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of professes
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  • The union contends that University of Illinois workers were given 2% raises in August but the advanced practice providers were not.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Hanson contends that if passed, many renters won't need to ever invoke the policy.
    — Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of contends
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  • Now the company proclaims that DeleteMe has performed over 100 million successful opt-out removals.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Assane proclaims his innocence, but everything points to his guilt.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of proclaims

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“Avows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avows. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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