DECLARATION Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

declaration

noun

ˌde-klə-ˈrā-shən

as in assertion

a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something once the delegates had made the declaration that the colonies were henceforth independent of Great Britain, their fate was sealed

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Recent Examples of declaration The leaders had planned to meet in the high desert to celebrate Biden’s declaration naming the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla national monuments, which set aside nearly 850,000 acres of tribal lands for ecological and cultural protection. —

Lia Russell, Sacramento Bee, 8 Jan. 2025 Landry made his initial request for an emergency declaration on Thursday, one day after a man authorities have identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a truck into a crowd of people in the French Quarter early New Year’s Day, killing 14 and injuring 30. —

Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025 Sanders said an emergency declaration would remain in effect until January 13 unless otherwise terminated. —

Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025 South Korean lawmakers last month voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol and suspend him from duties after his Dec. 3 declaration of martial law stunned the country. —

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Yet those assertions feel hollow for homeowners whose own, often extensive, mitigation spending is routinely ignored by insurance companies.

— Carmen Balber, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
The judge acknowledged that there was a possibility of some false accusations, but cited the government’s assertion that more than 40 women had made similar allegations.

— Debra Kamin, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025