1
: openly acknowledged or declared
an avowed liberal/conservative
2
: asserted to be true or real : professed
their avowed purpose/goal/aim/intention
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Hezbollah’s military capabilities dwarf those of Hamas, which Israel has been battling for the past six months with the avowed goal of dismantling the movement.
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Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
An avowed white supremacist writing about Indigenous peoples is unlikely to fly these days.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2022
The suspect, Payton Gendron, 18, is an avowed white supremacist.
—New York Times, 15 June 2022
An avowed white supremacist is back in federal custody, one of five men who prosecutors say busted through a Southeast Portland pawn shop last month using a sledgehammer and stole 47 guns worth about $20,000.
—oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2022
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Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
An avowed white supremacist writing about Indigenous peoples is unlikely to fly these days.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2022
The suspect, Payton Gendron, 18, is an avowed white supremacist.
—New York Times, 15 June 2022
An avowed white supremacist is back in federal custody, one of five men who prosecutors say busted through a Southeast Portland pawn shop last month using a sledgehammer and stole 47 guns worth about $20,000.
—oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2022
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“Avowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avowed. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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