Example Sentences

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A big change is that the Southern Section has been declaring players ineligible after accepting a school’s decision declaring the athlete eligible with a valid change of residence.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

The company has been declaring a word of the year since 2008.

From Fox News • Nov. 29, 2021

Since then he’s been talking about his desire to eventually fall in love and get married, and also has been declaring several neighborhood girls to be his love.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2020

“And may I tell her, madam, what Madame Ogé has been declaring about Bonaparte and his threats?”

From The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Martineau, Harriet

The bank's boomin', doin' the best business it ever has, and has been declaring a five per cent, semi-annual dividend.

From The Man from Jericho by Litsey, Edwin Carlile