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U.S. secretary of state John Quincy Adams, however, considered it “more candid as well as more dignified” for the new country “to avow our principles explicitly” than to allow the British to take the lead.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

"Instead of trashing volunteerism as inherently elitist, why not avow and attest to its ongoing value as a vital part of necessary diversification and cultural change?"

From Fox News ● Oct. 17, 2021

When offered an easy way out — would he at least avow that he hated the Germans? — he declined the invitation and answered only that he loved the French.

From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2020

Dear Having, I often avow that I’m in in favor of honesty and truthfulness, then I find myself sometimes adding “but ...”

From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2012

I want to take this opportunity to affirm my husband’s undying loyalty to Your Person and to avow that both myself and my daughters will continue in his footsteps as your loyal and devoted subjects.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

The ability to turn back whether or not you’ve reached your destination “takes preparation over many passing years,” avows Guterson.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2019

It avows an anti-elitist attentiveness to the industrially humdrum.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2019

So you’re off guard when you get to the part where he pines for reconciliation with Britain and avows that “I love my King.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2017

In the most poignant number from his new album, the father-and-son-referencing “Just Call Me, Hank,” Williams avows, “I don’t care about the Hall of Fame.”

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 24, 2016

In one breath he avows his affection for the lady whose image is constantly before him, and in the next furnishes her reasons why she ought not to marry him!

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by William H. Herndon

His successor Herbert Diess, an avowed fan of Elon Musk, pinned his hopes on redemption through EVs to hit a 10% U.S. market-share goal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Charli is an avowed film buff, whose fifth album was named after David Cronenberg's notorious body-horror film Crash.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

As a cleric in his 20s, he encountered Khomeini, a charismatic religious leader and avowed opponent of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

"It feels magic... the adrenaline!" said Ibrahimovic, an avowed non-skier who joked: "I didn't qualify for the downhill, I'm aiming for next year!"

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

His avowed agenda was to give the Germans a sense of their historical destiny through the arts.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The thing I love about poetry is its uselessness, the way it is, with a few exceptions, superfluous to capital, difficult to commodify, gratuitous in its insistence on avowing that which has been marked valueless.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023

Barron’s successor, Neeli Bendapudi, canceled the project in late October, avowing a commitment to equity and inclusion but saying it would be “more impactful” to enhance support for existing work on racial bias.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023

One actor, while avowing his total support for the Fair Wage Onstage campaign, admitted that the conversation around it might be driving him out of the theatre.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2016

Mr Bickley dismisses that claim, avowing that he would prefer a more progressive tax system.

From Economist ● Oct. 2, 2014

I daily felt more and more the necessity of openly avowing my sentiments.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.