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[dih-klair] / dɪˈklɛər /




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Students must declare their 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

“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

Last year, former FDA commissioner David Kessler asked the agency to declare certain refined carbohydrates unsafe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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

Charli had opened with the new album’s “Rock Music,” in which she declares that “the dance floor is dead”; here, her sarcasm fooled precisely nobody.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 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

He declares not for the first time that theirs should be only a business relationship; whatever he makes officially belongs to Theo.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Not only can shipping labels and declared insurance values reveal their potential contents, “the simple name PSA or Collectors in the address box is the threat,” Rovell wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The Environment Agency recently declared severe drought for parts of southern England.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

In 2024 she declared that “getting to net zero by 2050 is not just our legislative mandate in Massachusetts. It’s a social and economic imperative that informs everything we do.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Former president Joe Biden declared the Central African Republic, Gabon, Niger and Uganda ineligible on October 30, 2023, with the exclusions taking effect on January 1, 2024.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

It was on the morning of the fifth day that the admiral declared them safely across the North Sea.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

I’m not declaring that 5.36% was the exact top in the 10-year yield.

From MarketWatch ● 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

Coca-Cola’s Powerade is playing off Novig’s campaign with ads declaring women’s sports are “never just sports.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

After Giovanni and the others had replied to his arguments, he suddenly arose, declaring that these were matters to be discussed in a more secluded place, and withdrew into another room.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli


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