declassify
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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declassifysimple
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declassifiessimple
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have declassifiedperfect
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has declassifiedperfect
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am declassifyingprogressive
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have been declassifyingperfect progressive
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has been declassifyingperfect progressive
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declassifiedsimple
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had declassifiedperfect
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was declassifyingprogressive
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were declassifyingprogressive
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had been declassifyingperfect progressive
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Wilson wants the board to declassify immediately so all directors are elected annually.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
Wilson has also submitted a proposal that calls for the board to immediately declassify, so that all directors are elected annually by shareholders.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025
Donald Trump said he would order his administration to declassify secret government records related to the 1937 disappearance of the US aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday which he says would declassify federal records surrounding the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025
Look, you know how long it takes to declassify stuff.
From The Flying Saucers are Real by Keyhoe, Donald E. (Donald Edward)
The panel also used its ruling to offer a public primer on how the government classifies and declassifies government secrets, and why that process is important.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2022
Britain rarely declassifies intelligence in this manner, unlike the United States, though it has done so before on issues involving Russia.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2022
Family members of the victims of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks have called on President Joe Biden to stay away from memorial events unless he declassifies files about the attacks.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2021
But this time around, it’s not about the declassified information, or even the aliens themselves; it’s about our collective reaction to a global reckoning.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
“When the Iceworm documents were declassified in 1996, they caused tension and unease because they suggested the U.S. had explored major military plans in Greenland without informing Denmark,” Nielsen said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
Drawing on recently declassified information, DiNanno hardened those allegations and offered some new details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
The changes are made starkly clear in comparisons by conservation start-up The TreeMap's Nusantara Atlas project, which paired declassified Cold War-era US spy images of the island with recent satellite photos.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
It’s on top of the declassified math exam.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Wilson proposed declassifying the board for annual elections and a Brand Product Committee, the latter of which was rejected.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
For these reasons, experts who spoke to Salon said they support Schumer’s call for declassifying UFO documents, although they urged the public to temper their expectations.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025
"They keep declassifying things and more seems to bubble up. It's remarkable."
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024
The request comes as lawmakers in the upper and lower chambers warm to the idea of declassifying government documents related to unidentified anomalous phenomenon, or UAPs, more commonly called UFOs.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
The U.S. has said it was working on declassifying surveillance footage from the drone that would show Tuesday’s crash.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
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