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resembling or relating to an announcement or fact
- In the press release, the government issued a declarative statement regarding its new policy initiative.
- The CEO's declarative announcement left no doubt about the company's commitment to sustainability.
- The judge settled the matter definitively with a declarative ruling, leaving no room for ambiguity or further dispute.
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(of verb moods) expressing a statement or fact, rather than a question or command
- The study found that declarative sentences are more prevalent in formal registers of speech.
- The linguistics professor explained the concept of declarative mood to the students.
- The linguistics textbook provides a comprehensive overview of declarative structures across different languages.
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