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- noun Plural form of
avowal .
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Examples
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'Like herself! nobly! when once it was decided, and she saw that though, upon certain avowals, the law might revoke my plighted faith, it could not abrogate the scruples of my conscience.
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WASHINGTON -- As Rep. Michele Bachmann's R-Minn presidential candidacy grows more serious, and as her position in the Iowa polls continues to strengthen, she will, undoubtedly, be asked about some of the more provocative avowals she's made in her past.
Chris Wallace Asks Michele Bachmann: 'Are You A Flake?' 2011
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Yet these early avowals of glass-half-fullism notwithstanding, it's hard not to hear the mournful sounds of a pipe organ on nearly every page.
A Gulf Requiem Wayne Curtis 2011
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We are expected to believe that Iran is a greater threat than North Korea's repeated avowals to use its weaponry to turn Seoul into a "sea of fire."
Jack Healey: Can Human Rights Be Saved? Jack Healey 2011
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The freedom to spend currency abroad and the rise of the Chinese middle class have, despite government avowals to the contrary, increased trade on protected and threatened species worldwide.
Arthur Rosenfeld: Saving a Living Treasure of Asia Arthur Rosenfeld 2011
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Our tendency is to believe the bride and groom's public avowals of love even when our private thoughts about the couples' happy prospects might be more, ahem, cynical.
Kate Chynoweth: Why We Love Fairy Tales (Even Failed Ones) Kate Chynoweth 2011
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Our tendency is to believe the bride and groom's public avowals of love even when our private thoughts about the couples' happy prospects might be more, ahem, cynical.
Kate Chynoweth: Why We Love Fairy Tales (Even Failed Ones) Kate Chynoweth 2011
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WASHINGTON -- As Rep. Michele Bachmann's R-Minn presidential candidacy grows more serious, and as her position in the Iowa polls continues to strengthen, she will, undoubtedly, be asked about some of the more provocative avowals she's made in her past.
Chris Wallace Asks Michele Bachmann: 'Are You A Flake?' 2011
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Our tendency is to believe the bride and groom's public avowals of love even when our private thoughts about the couples' happy prospects might be more, ahem, cynical.
Kate Chynoweth: Why We Love Fairy Tales (Even Failed Ones) Kate Chynoweth 2011
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Lately Cuccinelli has been dropping public hints that -- contrary to his earlier avowals -- he may in fact challenge Bolling for the party's gubernatorial nomination in 2013.
Bob McDonnell, grownup in the room Lee Hockstader 2010
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