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 secretary of the Department of Homeland Security should require that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a body under DHS purview, review and declassify material about information warfare as it is being conducted by U.S. adversaries.
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David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
The White House has repeatedly declassified and publicized intelligence findings that show North Korea has sent ammunition and missiles to Russia to use against Ukraine, while Iran also supplies Moscow with attack drones and has assisted the Kremlin with building a drone-manufacturing factory.
—Matthew Lee and Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
The White House has repeatedly declassified and publicized intelligence findings that show North Korea has sent ammunition and missiles to Russia to use against Ukraine, while Iran supplies Moscow with attack drones and has assisted the Kremlin with building a drone-manufacturing factory.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2024
Even when the files on his war were declassified in 2013, few people noticed.
—Robert Hutton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
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David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
The White House has repeatedly declassified and publicized intelligence findings that show North Korea has sent ammunition and missiles to Russia to use against Ukraine, while Iran also supplies Moscow with attack drones and has assisted the Kremlin with building a drone-manufacturing factory.
—Matthew Lee and Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
The White House has repeatedly declassified and publicized intelligence findings that show North Korea has sent ammunition and missiles to Russia to use against Ukraine, while Iran supplies Moscow with attack drones and has assisted the Kremlin with building a drone-manufacturing factory.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2024
Even when the files on his war were declassified in 2013, few people noticed.
—Robert Hutton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Declassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/declassify. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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