- past tense form of declassify.
- past participle of declassify.
declassified
Example Sentences
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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
Meanwhile, earlier this spring, the U.S. government declassified another batch of UFO files and the response was roughly equivalent to a collective shrug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Newly declassified papers show officials refused to release details of a conversation between Blair and French president Jacques Chirac following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in Paris in 1997.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
That is true, and it’s the best 10 seconds of this documentary, but viewers won’t know what to make of it without the declassified evidence.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
She holds up a stapled set of papers that look like a formerly classified, now somewhat declassified CIA document.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
