declassify
verb
de·clas·si·fy
(ˌ)dē-ˈkla-sə-ˌfī 
declassified; declassifying; declassifies
: to remove or reduce the security classification of
declassify a secret document
Examples of declassify in a Sentence
The government has not yet declassified that information.
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The Trump administration in February declassified and publicly released additional files related to Epstein, but the documents did not offer major revelations.
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Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
The assessment was later declassified and publicly released on May 5, following a Freedom of Information Act request by the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
—Olivia Victoria Gazis, CBS News, 22 May 2025
Patel, a former GOP congressional staffer and Trump national security aide, previously fought to declassify documents that would have undercut the FBI’s probe into connections between Russia and Trump’s 2016 campaign.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 21 May 2025
Editors’ Picks The president and the secretary of defense have the ability to assert, even retroactively, that information is declassified.
—Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
The assessment was later declassified and publicly released on May 5, following a Freedom of Information Act request by the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
—Olivia Victoria Gazis, CBS News, 22 May 2025
Patel, a former GOP congressional staffer and Trump national security aide, previously fought to declassify documents that would have undercut the FBI’s probe into connections between Russia and Trump’s 2016 campaign.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 21 May 2025
Editors’ Picks The president and the secretary of defense have the ability to assert, even retroactively, that information is declassified.
—Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for declassify
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“Declassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/declassify. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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