declassify
verb (used with object)
to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc.
has declassified
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present perfectof declassify (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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After US President Donald Trump called for UFO files to be released in an executive order earlier this year, the Pentagon has declassified hundreds of files in a series of six drops.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In some cases it has declassified and then resealed documents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
The government already has declassified vast amounts of information about Abu Zubaida, whose birth name is Zayn al-Abidin Muhammed Hussein and whose closeness to Osama bin Laden, the deceased founder of al-Qaeda, is now questioned.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2021
The transcripts Grenell has declassified, though, are for five phone calls Flynn had with Kislyak on Dec. 29, 2016.
From Fox News ● May 26, 2020
The FBI has declassified documents related to a top-secret 1950s program called Project Washtub, which organized what?
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2014
