declare
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Students must declare a major by the end of their sophomore year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The new figures came as Indonesian officials rebuffed calls to declare the fires a national disaster and said the country was "still capable of handling the situation ourselves" after neighbouring Malaysia again offered assistance.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
In August, Platt countered with a demand for arbitration, asking the panel to declare him the co-CEO, according to an investor letter reviewed by the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
“We are asking the government to declare a disaster zone so that more financial resources will arrive,” said Gerardo Gutiérrez, 56.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
They tie nkisis of leaves around their wrists and declare themselves impermeable to bullets, immune to death.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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“My dignity and power will not be dimmed,” Folger declares.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
"I am the man you left for dead. I am the one you pretended never existed," he declares.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
It declares an El Nino when temperatures there run at least 0.5C above normal and the atmosphere responds, weakening the trade winds and shifting tropical rainfall eastward.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Rebecca Onion declares that the miniseries is a bracing delight, akin to “kissing a dead fish and taking a shot”—and that’s a compliment!
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
So tonight he declares a Family Dinner, which is his favorite communal Band-Aid.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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M&A expert Aswath Damodaran, a finance professor at New York University, several years ago declared that acquisitions are “the most value-destructive action a company can take.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The WHO had declared Uganda Ebola-free after authorities there reported no new cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
So New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared at a ribbon-cutting event last week with Mayor Zohran Mamdani for a low-income housing project in Brooklyn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
British man Nathan Stobbart has been declared missing in action while fighting for Russia in Ukraine.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
“We will not let ourselves get caught,” Aunt Kitty declared.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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But in the renovated bathrooms the famous plaques above the urinals — including the one declaring “Charles Bukowski pissed here” — will remain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The number of Dartmouth undergraduates declaring computer science as their major peaked in 2021 at 263, up 209% from 2013, according to Dartmouth data.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Well, it would be hard to imagine any observer, in the years before World War I when they began to appear, declaring that they had no personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The government said supplies would not be interrupted but declaring severe drought would ensure "proactive steps are taken to safeguard water before any disruption occurs".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Even better, sweet David seems to be on the verge of declaring his love for me.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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