avowedly
adverb
avow·ed·ly
ə-ˈvau̇-əd-lē 
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Fuller’s avowedly revisionist account assumes a reader more familiar with the men’s work than the women’s.
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Francesca Wade, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Even the Soviet Union, despite being avowedly anti-Western, was in fact built on a vision of modernization and progress that affirmed rather than rejected the Western Enlightenment.
—Cristina Florea, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2022
Iraq may also face tension with incoming Trump administration, which is avowedly pro-Israel and may view Iraq as part of Iran’s sphere of influence.
—James Durso, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Entering the world of movies, Malick developed methods of his own in order to create experimental films—not in the conventional sense of avowedly avant-garde non-narrative but in the scientific sense.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Francesca Wade, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Even the Soviet Union, despite being avowedly anti-Western, was in fact built on a vision of modernization and progress that affirmed rather than rejected the Western Enlightenment.
—Cristina Florea, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2022
Iraq may also face tension with incoming Trump administration, which is avowedly pro-Israel and may view Iraq as part of Iran’s sphere of influence.
—James Durso, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Entering the world of movies, Malick developed methods of his own in order to create experimental films—not in the conventional sense of avowedly avant-garde non-narrative but in the scientific sense.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Avowedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avowedly. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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