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U.S. secretary of state John Quincy Adams, however, considered it “more candid as well as more dignified” for the new country “to avow our principles explicitly” than to allow the British to take the lead.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

"Instead of trashing volunteerism as inherently elitist, why not avow and attest to its ongoing value as a vital part of necessary diversification and cultural change?"

From Fox News ● Oct. 17, 2021

When offered an easy way out — would he at least avow that he hated the Germans? — he declined the invitation and answered only that he loved the French.

From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2020

It’s not uncommon for parents to want to keep their kids locked away from these devices, or to avow the blessings of the screenless life.

From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2020

“I avow, Serjeant, we shall commit ourselves wholly to philosophy without a grain of intelligence intermixed.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

It does not matter what this individual avows during her hearing.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2020

The ability to turn back whether or not you’ve reached your destination “takes preparation over many passing years,” avows Guterson.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2019

It avows an anti-elitist attentiveness to the industrially humdrum.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2019

So you’re off guard when you get to the part where he pines for reconciliation with Britain and avows that “I love my King.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2017

He begins to speak of religion, and avows his atheism.

From Oscar Wilde by Leonard Cresswell Ingleby

Anyway, if the debt should finally sink the public credit, Smith prescribed an open and avowed national bankruptcy rather than the treacherous debasement of the coin of the realm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

I am an avowed condiment hound, especially when two sauces are doing different jobs.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Charli is an avowed film buff, whose fifth album was named after David Cronenberg's notorious body-horror film Crash.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

As a cleric in his 20s, he encountered Khomeini, a charismatic religious leader and avowed opponent of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

Estraven was very reluctant to use a false name, and ourtrue ones could not be avowed.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

She’s lost hundreds of dollars to scammers who have reached out on social media, avowing they knew the birds’ location and would share it for a price.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2023

Barron’s successor, Neeli Bendapudi, canceled the project in late October, avowing a commitment to equity and inclusion but saying it would be “more impactful” to enhance support for existing work on racial bias.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023

One actor, while avowing his total support for the Fair Wage Onstage campaign, admitted that the conversation around it might be driving him out of the theatre.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2016

Mr Bickley dismisses that claim, avowing that he would prefer a more progressive tax system.

From Economist ● Oct. 2, 2014

Pitt in reply delivered a speech of singular interest, for he disarms criticism by frankly avowing the errors of his 'young and sanguine' days, to employ his own epithets.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery