declare
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Students must declare a 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
In August, Platt countered with a demand for arbitration, asking the panel to declare him the co-CEO, according to an investor letter reviewed by the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
If there was ever a moment to declare you like someone, it was with a churro in your hand and a day of protesting a greedy land developer’s hostile takeover of your neighborhood behind you.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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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
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
Massicella declares in Lille, as she nears the end of the protest march.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Of Faulkner, he declares, “I like his books and stories but have to agree his books are not always an easy read,” with their “twisted stories and odd characters.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“If you want it, come and get it!” she declares and sprints to the other end of the hallway.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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Police had been alerted to three suspicious vehicles near the US airbase in Gloucestershire in the early hours of 27 September - a major incident was subsequently declared and dozens of homes evacuated.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The city declared a state of emergency on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
In 2024 she declared that “getting to net zero by 2050 is not just our legislative mandate in Massachusetts. It’s a social and economic imperative that informs everything we do.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Japan Meteorological Agency last week declared this El Nino the strongest on record based on how far sea surface temperatures were above normal in the Nino3 region of the eastern Pacific.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
“Never fear, Lady Constance. I shall get help,” Penelope declared, as she ran to the door of the parlor.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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Michael Clarkson, a computer-science professor at Cornell University, said that the Ivy League university in Ithaca, N.Y., experienced a roughly 15% decline in students declaring the major in the last year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
For ordinary Americans, though, Hall’s more important contribution may have been declaring the start and end of recessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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 Whigs declaring that taxation without representation is tyranny.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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