declare
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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
Students must declare their major by the end of their sophomore year.
From MarketWatch ● 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
Scotland does not declare droughts but monitors "water scarcity" - when there is not enough water of sufficient quality to meet demands of people and the environment.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Elizebeth had played a big part in that invisible battle, and she could now declare victory.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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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
With yet another treatise on this topic having been published, Slate book critic Laura Miller declares that it’s time for the discourse to evolve.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026
Massicella declares in Lille, as she nears the end of the protest march.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
In 2022, she released the smoky electro-pop, queer anthem “Boyfriend,” which reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the theatrical “Breakfast,” a man-eater melody that declares she’s in charge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
A gold plaque declares it a historical landmark.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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At the peak in the fall of 2023, 2,503 undergraduate students at Michigan were declared computer-science majors, up 235% from 748 students in the fall of 2013, .
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The National Museum of China holds a smaller example of this type dearly enough to have declared it a national treasure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Severe drought was declared across parts of southern England on Thursday after months of low rainfall.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
As the Dodgers’ postseason hype video declared before the game: “October doesn’t remember who came close. It remembers who triumphs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I have been sitting here for nearly an hour, asking Edward for a clue, a hint, a sign,” the Widow Ashton declared.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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I’m not declaring that 5.36% was the exact top in the 10-year yield.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Well, it would be hard to imagine any observer, in the years before World War I when they began to appear, declaring that they had no personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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
Lawrence tried to communicate his excitement about Seaborg’s discovery in writing, via a memo to Jewett’s committee declaring that “an extremely important new possibility has been opened for the exploitation of the chain reaction.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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