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 10-episode History channel series premieres on Friday, April 4, and reveals the latest evidence behind some of the government’s most secretive and surprising activities that have been declassified throughout history.
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Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The archives' Kennedy assassination collection has more than six million pages of records, the vast majority of which had been declassified and made public before Trump's order.
—David Shepardson, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Trump could at any point declassify the information shared on Signal.
—Dakota Rudesill, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2025
The president’s ability to declassify information has been invoked when presidents have been accused of mishandling secrets.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
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Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The archives' Kennedy assassination collection has more than six million pages of records, the vast majority of which had been declassified and made public before Trump's order.
—David Shepardson, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Trump could at any point declassify the information shared on Signal.
—Dakota Rudesill, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2025
The president’s ability to declassify information has been invoked when presidents have been accused of mishandling secrets.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Declassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/declassify. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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