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declared

American  
[dih-klaird] / dɪˈklɛərd /

adjective

  1. publicly avowed or professed; self-confessed.

    a declared liberal.


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Etymology

Origin of declared

First recorded in 1645–55; declare + -ed 2


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Two other senior CJP leaders, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, were arrested on October 14 after entering Jantar Mantar, a decades-old protest site that police have declared off-limits for demonstrations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Leiters declared Porsche would never make an electric 911 but said he was won over by an electric 718 Boxster sports car.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

"The right to protest is not a right to exercise violence," she declared on X.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The British declared the entire North Sea a war zone, in which even neutral ships would be stopped and searched; all goods destined for German ports would be seized and confiscated.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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