How to Use declare for in a Sentence

declare for

phrasal verb
  • Clark, who has not declared for the draft as of yet, scored 40 points.
    Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Furphy has declared for the 2024 NBA Draft with the option of returning to school.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024
  • Currently, 89 schools have declared for the sport this year, while 76 schools have declared for girls wrestling.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 28 July 2023
  • Players that participated in the Elite Eight, like Reese, have 48 hours from their final game to declare for the draft.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Mayer declared for the draft after his true junior season at Notre Dame.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2023
  • After two years at the University of Miami, Brown declared for the draft and was a second-round pick of the Pistons.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
  • The redshirt senior receiver had already declared for the NFL.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • That's never happened in ACC history among players who declared for the draft after winning the award.
    C.l. Brown, The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The numbers were partially attributed to Clark declaring for the draft in February.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Brunson, Bridges and DiVincenzo then led the Wildcats to the 2018 national title before declaring for the draft.
    Glynn A. Hill, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • On Saturday, fresh clashes between the two groups shattered a three-day ceasefire declared for the Muslim holiday of Eid.
    Allegra Goodwin, CNN, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Although Williams waited until the last day to declare for the draft, the Trojans have anticipated his departure for months.
    Greg Beacham, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Wilson declared for the draft after two seasons at Michigan and was selected 17th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks.
    Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2023
  • States of emergency were declared for Massachusetts and Maine.
    Michael Casey, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Saturday's jackpot drawing comes as no winner was declared for Wednesday night's drawing was $750 million -- the game's sixth-largest prize ever.
    Stephanie Guerilus, ABC News, 15 July 2023
  • Local leaders say Flint and the emergency declared for a bridge that collapsed in Pennsylvania in June serve as precedents for the Tijuana sewage crisis.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Bronny James has declared for the NBA draft while entering the transfer portal, giving him multiple options for the next step in his basketball career.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Tin Zone Indicated Mineral Resource declared for the first time.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Comanche declared for the 2017 NBA draft, forgoing the remaining two years of his college eligibility, but was not selected.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others from Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday.
    Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff, and others from Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday.
    Jack Jeffery and Noha Elhennawy, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Still, the expectation in Chicago was that Bronny would eventually declare for the draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2024

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