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as in insists
to state as a fact usually forcefully
avowed that the colonization of Mars in our lifetime is not only possible but probable
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as in declares
to state clearly and strongly
avowed their undying love for each other
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Recent Examples of avows
Schwarzman avows that giving the generation that will run tomorrow’s governments, businesses and institutions a deep, in-person view of China’s never be more important.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
McG has gotten down into the dirt to do some of the planting himself, the studio manager avows.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
5 Jan. 2026
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
McG has gotten down into the dirt to do some of the planting himself, the studio manager avows.
—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
5 Jan. 2026
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The group insists Yale must defend its lawful holistic admissions and educational leadership role.
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Rosa insists that her husband was unaware he would be sent to war.
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Pick for freshness, with the goal of making wines with real structure, and the valley declares itself.
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Instead, several of Kendall’s key allies are cowed by Logan’s intimidating presence — even Roman buckles under the pressure — and the media titan declares victory.
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Yet park rangers continued to cite Hubbard under that section, issuing two misdemeanor citations in May 2025, as well as a third that cited a different section of the ordinance, the most recent lawsuit alleges.
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The charge alleges a person knowingly defrauded another by using false or misleading information to obtain money, property, credit or a loan.
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Bradford asserts that clarifying and renegotiating these roles for shared ownership is paramount.
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Meanwhile, Kallmann asserts that his father, Hartmut, always maintained that the family art collection had been intact when the Nazi’s rose to power, and all the family’s belongings were stolen soon after.
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Now a controversial study claims that working from home worsened mental health.
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The video claims to show a FAB-500 aerial glide bomb destroying a UAV command post near Novopavlovka and a temporary deployment area in the Kherson region.
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Harry Styles professes his love for techno music via a hat during a walk in North London on June 25.
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All proudly professes himself as a man of faith.
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Alpha-gal was more of a private enterprise, another rumor contends.
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Uber contends this arrangement has created an incentive for doctors and attorneys to collude to dramatically inflate medical bills.
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But no longer, according to a new analysis, which proclaims that the long American sellers’ market has finally ended.
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Across 45 recipes — each its own kind of breadcrumb-naming treatise — the duo proclaims how versatile the kitchen staple both is and can be.
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“Avows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avows. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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