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Recent Examples of declaration The Cuban Missile Crisis suggests that leaders sometimes respond more effectively when adversaries stay quiet and that open declarations of intent, paradoxically, can make governments more likely to dismiss threats as posturing. Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025 But according to declaration after declaration, people housed in isolation are regularly denied privileges and basic services. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025 Dunleavy, a Republican, asked the White House in the letter for a major disaster declaration that would allow federal funding for what’s expected to be a monthslong recovery effort from the storm. Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025 Moore made clear that price declarations are not part of traditional conservative economic philosophy. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for declaration
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Noun
  • There’s been a misguided assertion that what’s happening with ICE is only a Latino issue, but ICE’s bombardment of both Black and Brown communities in Chicago demonstrates otherwise.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Kinahans soon tested the strength of that assertion.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, an insider has made a bold claim about their chances.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • To stake his claim to be considered for a F1 seat at any team, the 20-year-old would increase his odds by bagging the F2 title.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Our group ordered a variety of savory entrées and—at my insistence—all four desserts from the restaurant’s à la carte menu, the perfect sweet ending to an enchanting trip through picturesque Penticton.
    Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
  • His insistence on a raise, while CSX shares fell, frustrated directors this spring.
    Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As part of Monday's announcement, the company said Dan Rosensweig will return as CEO effective immediately, replacing Nathan Schultz, who will step down from the role and remain as an executive advisor to Rosensweig and Chegg's board.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Regardless, for three weeks Dylan didn’t respond at all to the announcement of the award, nor to the customary invitation from their Royal Majesties, the King and Queen of Sweden, to come to Stockholm to accept the coveted Prize in person.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The officials insisted on anonymity as a condition for talking to reporters ahead of Trump signing the proclamation.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Director and co-writer Byun Sung-hyun signals his satirical interests early, skipping an intense look at the start of the attack and focusing on an earplug-donning passenger who sleeps through the initial proclamation.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Declaration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/declaration. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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