: by unsupported assertion or profession alone : allegedly
politicians remain skeptical of … avowedly democratic intentions Jerry Kirshenbaum
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe show is elegantly and, above all, eloquently installed by Monika Fabijanska, an independent art historian and avowedly feminist curator who hereby does her native land, and any of us who willingly pay attention, a cathartic service. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 In an onstage interview at the TechChill 2022 conference here, the chief executive of an avowedly crypto-curious airline unintentionally emphasized that difficulty more than once. Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 29 Apr. 2022 In 2020, truck driver Joshua Collins, then 26, entered the race for an open House seat in Washington as an avowedly socialist Democrat.Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022 Now, with the avowedly anti-fossil-fuels Biden administration and anti-oil-and-gas activist Deb Haaland in control of the Interior Department, the permitting situation is much worse. Paul Gessing, National Review, 4 Apr. 2022 Yet some Republicans—those of the anti-Trump old guard, and those still hoping to win over the suburban voters who have soured on Trump—are taking avowedly exceptionalist stances. Parker Richards, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2022 Perhaps more importantly, the fine cast is not only avowedly contemporary in its exploration of the material, constantly searching for a deeper naturalism, but also very much in the present moment. Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 13 Jan. 2022 At a time when other politically active Stanford students were petitioning for South African divestment and protesting the university’s plan to house the Reagan Library, the Review was avowedly conservative. Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2021 Youngkin’s win was fueled by parental frustration with schooling, especially on the amorphous but controversial subject of critical race theory (CRT), an avowedly revolutionary doctrine. Frederick M. Hess, National Review, 9 Nov. 2021 See More