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  • past tense form of avow.
  • past participle of avow.
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avowed

[uh-vaud] / əˈvaʊd /


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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

By the end, and by her own hand, she was reduced to being a joyless hater of holidays and avowed enemy of All Things Fun.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 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

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, attending the summit as a guest, could not resist teasing Macron, an avowed fan of PSG's bitter southern rivals Olympique de Marseille.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

He pointed with a laugh to his avowed library—to the shelves of books, the rack full of reading-machine bobbins and sound-track rolls.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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