declare
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The group had no official leaders or formal structure, allowing anyone to declare themselves a member.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Students must declare their major by the end of their sophomore year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The new figures came as Indonesian officials rebuffed calls to declare the fires a national disaster and said the country was "still capable of handling the situation ourselves" after neighbouring Malaysia again offered assistance.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
“We are asking the government to declare a disaster zone so that more financial resources will arrive,” said Gerardo Gutiérrez, 56.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
She was the one who, when she saw how the midwife was about to put a blanket over my face and declare me stillborn, stepped forward and held out her hands.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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Noting “Martin McDonagh has already been anointed,” Amy Nicholson declares, “Jesse Eisenberg is poised to become the 21st century’s next great screenwriter.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
"I am the man you left for dead. I am the one you pretended never existed," he declares.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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
“Of Mr. Collins and Lizzy. Lizzy declares she will not have Mr. Collins, and Mr. Collins begins to say that he will not have Lizzy.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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For a chunk of the public, the art form’s biggest moment recently was when the actor Timothée Chalamet effectively declared it dead at a town hall event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
However, if agreement proves impossible and an impasse is declared, a three-member arbitration panel would take over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Uganda has had 20 cases, including two deaths, on its territory but the World Health Organization officially declared it Ebola-free.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
Newport Beach has declared a local emergency ahead of the tides and activated its emergency operations center, gearing up for flood prevention and response efforts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
He arrived within the hour but declared the situation well in hand and went out for a stroll and a cigar.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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Carney, who was raised in the province, has exempted Alberta from some environmental measures and backed a new oil pipeline to the coast of British Columbia, declaring it a project in the country’s national interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The number of Dartmouth undergraduates declaring computer science as their major peaked in 2021 at 263, up 209% from 2013, according to Dartmouth data.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Das also posted a message declaring that the site had been "reclaimed" and that they were being detained.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
These realities don’t map to every experience yet following the NPC slander to its logical conclusion can be dangerous: declaring that a person’s alleged lack of inner thinking is justification for dismissing their humanity.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
The previous evening he had drafted a personal statement, which he enclosed with his last will and testament, declaring that he had sincerely hoped to avoid the interview.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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