as in confirming
serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something failed to produce any verifying evidence
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as in arguing
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of the dispatcher was able to verify the caller's location
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Recent Examples of verifying
Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026 Zvi Reich called sources the cornerstones of journalistic activities such as detecting, researching, and verifying news. —Florian Wintterlin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 There were no dedicated, full-time employees in that arm, which handles verifying and logging all distribution expenses for accounting statements, other than Neon former vice president of finance James Wehrfritz, until 2020, when Friscia was hired, per court documents. —Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 The model can also reason through tasks, including verifying outputs and pulling in external information. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026 The challenge is verifying all that loose talk. —Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 Images provide useful documentation for insurance claims by verifying what was packed and linking the bag to its owner. —Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026 Many minted bars come sealed in tamper-evident packaging with an assay card (a certificate verifying the bar’s weight and purity) and often a serial number. —Sharon Wu, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The class will focus on verifying the accuracy of sources. —Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Part of the new study also included verifying Curiosity’s results with extensive testing in labs on Earth. —Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026 Zvi Reich called sources the cornerstones of journalistic activities such as detecting, researching, and verifying news. —Florian Wintterlin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 There were no dedicated, full-time employees in that arm, which handles verifying and logging all distribution expenses for accounting statements, other than Neon former vice president of finance James Wehrfritz, until 2020, when Friscia was hired, per court documents. —Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 The model can also reason through tasks, including verifying outputs and pulling in external information. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026 The challenge is verifying all that loose talk. —Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 Images provide useful documentation for insurance claims by verifying what was packed and linking the bag to its owner. —Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026 Many minted bars come sealed in tamper-evident packaging with an assay card (a certificate verifying the bar’s weight and purity) and often a serial number. —Sharon Wu, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The class will focus on verifying the accuracy of sources. —Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Defense Blog reported that the system was tested in a live-fire scenario, confirming its ability to deploy armed drones during active operations.— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
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Leonardi submitted a letter to the commissioner confirming her secretary used the credit card to buy the $150 ticket to the gala.— Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
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Some went after Cashman, some after Boone, some after Steinbrenner’s son Hal, and some after Aaron Judge’s non-supporting cast.— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Sure, that was exacerbated, and to some degree directly caused, by the ample non-supporting cast around him, especially on the offensive line.— Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
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Demi Moore has been supportive of ex-husband Bruce Willis — even almost 30 years after their divorce.— Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
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April 19 guest commentary The recent commentary on the Colorado Connector rail service was supportive of moving ahead.— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Verifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/verifying. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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