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declassify

[dee-klas-uh-fahy] / diˈklæs əˌfaɪ /
VERB
open to the public
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Wilson wants the board to declassify immediately so all directors are elected annually.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

Wilson has also submitted a proposal that calls for the board to immediately declassify, so that all directors are elected annually by shareholders.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025

They later emphasised that Hegseth had the power to classify and declassify the type of details that were shared.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday which he says would declassify federal records surrounding the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025

Certainly they still have it classified; staff-brass'd rather lose an eye than declassify anything.

From Graveyard of Dreams by H. Beam Piper

The panel also used its ruling to offer a public primer on how the government classifies and declassifies government secrets, and why that process is important.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2022

Britain rarely declassifies intelligence in this manner, unlike the United States, though it has done so before on issues involving Russia.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2022

Family members of the victims of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks have called on President Joe Biden to stay away from memorial events unless he declassifies files about the attacks.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2021

On Wednesday, Spain declassified intelligence reports that had warned of potential "mass entries" by migrants into Ceuta just before the incident happened.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The White House last week declassified a Federal Bureau of Investigation intelligence report from August 2020 that was based on a “collaborative source.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

One heavily redacted document, external - marked "declassified" - mentions the PRC and "likely leaked, compromised data".

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

But this time around, it’s not about the declassified information, or even the aliens themselves; it’s about our collective reaction to a global reckoning.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

As more documents become declassified over the coming years, I will be freer to speak openly about my role during that dark period in our history.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

Wilson proposed declassifying the board for annual elections and a Brand Product Committee, the latter of which was rejected.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

"They keep declassifying things and more seems to bubble up. It's remarkable."

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024

And in the years since, the U.S. has avoided declassifying details from government files about it.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

Meadows told prosecutors he had no recollection of what Trump described as a "standing order" automatically declassifying documents he took from the Oval Office, multiple sources told the outlet.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2023

The request comes as lawmakers in the upper and lower chambers warm to the idea of declassifying government documents related to unidentified anomalous phenomenon, or UAPs, more commonly called UFOs.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2023


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