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declare

[dih-klair] / dɪˈklɛər /




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Ugarte did not declare victory but said he felt confident he could hang on to the lead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Workers will be asked to declare if they are under the weight limit and this will be checked at the heliport.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The group is demanding that the government declare a national emergency to unlock more resources to fight wildfires across the vast archipelago.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

It is too soon to declare mission accomplished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Male chimps cannot gather in a constitutional assembly to abolish the office of alpha male and declare that from here on out all chimps are to be treated as equals.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

“I’ve got vengeance in my heart,” he declares.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

It declares an El Nino when temperatures there run at least 0.5C above normal and the atmosphere responds, weakening the trade winds and shifting tropical rainfall eastward.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

So declares the Cato Institute’s Scott Lincicome upon rolling out a new dashboard showing that, since June last year, the U.S. has taken equity stakes in 35 companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Rebecca Onion declares that the miniseries is a bracing delight, akin to “kissing a dead fish and taking a shot”—and that’s a compliment!

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

As the buds on the trees turn to flowers, she raises her black eyebrows in surprise above her wide blue eyes and declares: bougainvillea, hibiscus, why, tree of heaven!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

In commentary published Wednesday, Citrini Research, a popular independent shop that was early to the AI theme, declared that the “end of the AI trade as we know it” had probably arrived.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

International organisations have been sounding the alarm over the possible spread of famine, already declared in parts of the country, while around 20 million people suffer from severe food insecurity.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

The Associated Press declared Becerra the winner at 8 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The US also declared a total import ban on motorcycles, whey protein and alcohol.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

“Oh, yes,” Handsome declared, now getting carried away with his show of gratitude.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Tuesday, Luna said he was “very, very humbled” by the strong support for his candidacy, but that he was holding off on declaring victory as votes were still being counted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The confusion and chaos began hours before the ceremony had even started, after the official Ballon d'Or website published an article declaring Kane as the winner of the men's award.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Engels recounted that Marx later despaired at what his French disciples made of his work, declaring that he himself was no Marxist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The one thing Americans love more than a celebrity feud is taking sides and declaring a victor after each round, even if the opponents don’t realize they’re being pitted against each other.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, Kimberly Lou Dixon quit her TV role as Mother Paula, declaring she couldn’t work for a company that would bury baby owls just to sell a few flapjacks.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen


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