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adjective

Definition of attestednext
as in demonstrated

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attested

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verb

past tense of attest
1
as in affirmed
to declare (something) to be true or genuine the appraiser attests that the lamp is indeed an original Tiffany

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2
as in testified
to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact an eyewitness who will attest to my innocence

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3
as in confirmed
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of I'll attest that she was at the party

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attested
  1. affirmed
  2. testified
  3. confirmed
  4. valid
  5. certified
  6. verified
  7. established
  8. argued
Verb
  • The September 2024 authorization in the US took the self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) route.
    Christine Ro, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • For the most part, recent high-quality polls have only affirmed the closeness of the race.
    G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of affirmed
Verb
  • Mills testified against his former colleagues during the four-week trial and acknowledged striking Nichols with his baton three times.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Five officers were charged in Nichols’ death, but two pleaded guilty and testified against members of their old crime suppression unit.
    Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of testified
Verb
  • Guinness World Record confirmed the micro-cube as the world’s smallest rotating puzzle cube in August.
    Chris Lau, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The pair confirmed their romance back in January on The Jennifer Hudson Show following looming rumors of dating.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of confirmed
Adjective
  • This means someone with valid credentials and who has received higher education in exercise science.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
  • There are also other valid concerns about AI power demands and AI bias.
    David Nield, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of valid
Verb
  • Price is expected to remain in office until the election’s results are certified next month, at which point Chief Assistant District Attorney Royl Roberts would be expected to take over, county leaders have said.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The standard military equipment guidelines in China and the US dictate that any equipment certified as HEMP-proof should be able to function after being subjected to an electric field of 50 kilovolts per meter.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of certified
Verb
  • Satellite imagery has now verified that the greening trend in the Antarctic is not only ongoing but is also accelerating.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Running until the final general election results come in, courted and verified, the Deadline ElectionLine podcast spotlights the 2024 campaign and the often blurred lines between politics and entertainment in modern America.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of verified
Adjective
  • During campaign seasons, investors often seek refuge in larger, more established companies amid political uncertainty.
    Robert Daugherty, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The scariest thing about Kingdom may be its depiction of how a virus adapts, evolves, and spreads, which is an established trope in this genre (28 Weeks Later, anyone?) that takes on new relevance in our pandemic-era times.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of established
Verb
  • While sentencing closed a chapter of the case, Levy argued wreckage caused by the defendant will continue to resonate.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Teixeira's attorneys argued for a sentence on the low end of the range, noting that the maximum of 200 months would be more than the government sought against Julian Assange, who is accused of publishing a trove of classified documents.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of argued
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