self-avowed
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Emma Goldman, a self-avowed anarchist, had come to the United States from Lithuania as a teenager.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
But Hertzberg, the self-avowed conciliator, said Horvath’s move showcased her “my-way-or-the-highway attitude.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
In Australia, another Commonwealth country, one self-avowed republican describes meeting with the Queen.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2022
Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a self-avowed originalist and textualist.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2020
Theydon gazed at this self-avowed knight-errant in surprise.
From Number Seventeen by Louis Tracy
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