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declarative

[dih-klar-uh-tiv] / dɪˈklær ə tɪv /






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“If they are saying it’s definitely happening or making declarative sentences like that, that’s something to be concerned about.”

From MarketWatch May 27, 2026

The audience seem to know every word - with the whole room reverberating to the declarative, "I don't need a boyfriend", that crops up in the second verse of Nice To Each Other.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

“Call me Ishmael,” which opens Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick,” is among the most famous first lines in all of literature, but I prefer a different declarative Melville opening: “I am a rather elderly man.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

Even if she just stood out there with a sign and registered her displeasure just once, she needed to be loud, to say a declarative no to what was happening around her.

From Slate Oct. 22, 2025

It was not so much a question as a declarative statement.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez




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