confirmed
adjective
con·firmed
kən-ˈfərmd 
1
a
: marked by long continuance and likely to persist
a confirmed habit
b
: fixed in habit and unlikely to change
a confirmed do-gooder
2
: having received the rite of confirmation
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Examples of confirmed in a Sentence
a confirmed grouch who never seems to smile
a confirmed tendency to exaggerate about everything
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The dying star was the last pre-telescopic supernova without a confirmed remnant, until in 2021 Albert Zijlstra, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Manchester in England, traced it back to a nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia.
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Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
Individuals with confirmed crypto, loose stool or watery diarrhea, or who have had such conditions should not use swimming pools or other public bathing facilities for at least two weeks after symptoms have stopped.
—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
To date, there are no confirmed cases of 1024-bit RSA being factorized, but that doesn't mean it can't be done.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
The confirmed death of Deif comes a day after it was announced that Hamas’s top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Iran on Wednesday.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Aug. 2024
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Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
Individuals with confirmed crypto, loose stool or watery diarrhea, or who have had such conditions should not use swimming pools or other public bathing facilities for at least two weeks after symptoms have stopped.
—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
To date, there are no confirmed cases of 1024-bit RSA being factorized, but that doesn't mean it can't be done.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
The confirmed death of Deif comes a day after it was announced that Hamas’s top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Iran on Wednesday.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Aug. 2024
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con·firmed
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