1
as in to guarantee
to declare (something) to be true or genuine
a note from my doctor avouching that my medical condition did indeed disqualify me from gym class
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2
as in to claim
to state as a fact usually forcefully
avouched that he had never cheated on his taxes in his life
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3
as in to declare
to state clearly and strongly
she tends to avouch her opinions in such a way as to imply that anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot
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Introduced in 2016, charter agreements were meant to bring stability and investment opportunities by guaranteeing teams access to races and a portion of the revenue.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025 -
But there is still room for improvement, and the challenges that the league has faced in some markets are also bound to inform decisions on potential expansion — which is not guaranteed, but could come as soon as next season.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes,
8 Feb. 2025
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Industry groups claim the spot doesn't adequately disclose safety risks of these drugs.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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According to the Guardian, Ticketmaster started the crackdown this weekend, with ticket buyers — many of whom claim to have legitimately purchased tickets — being informed over email that their tickets were being refunded.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
9 Feb. 2025
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There also was little pushback from the church in Rome: not until the late 1880's, Murphy said, would the Pope definitively declare slavery to be morally wrong.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Although its exact origins are unclear, the quote is often attributed to Napoleon, the French general who effectively declared himself emperor in the early 1800s.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Each location has unique factors including weather patterns, traffic volume and geographic features that trainees must master before becoming certified.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Then-State’s Attorney Jack O’Malley, a Republican who served from 1990 to 1996, challenged the union drive by asking a Cook County judge to halt state and local labor relations boards from certifying the petition to unionize from the Prosecutors’ Bar Association of Cook County.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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After the canopy at Novi Sad railway station collapsed in November, Mr. Vucic initially insisted that the structure had not been part of the renovation work.—
Andrew Higgins,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Stynes has long insisted that the optimal snow conditions must be chased.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
8 Feb. 2025
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The senator asserted that five years after winning World War II, the U.S. was losing around the globe, locked in a struggle with communism that seemed destined to end in nuclear conflict.—
Made by History,
TIME,
9 Feb. 2025
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Similarly, the challengers in the ICE enforcement case assert that DHS was required to, but did not, explain its change after 30 years of congregants relying on places of worship as a refuge from ICE operations.—
Christina Gatti,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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In 2017, the federal appeals court for the Second Circuit, in affirming Mr. Ulbricht’s conviction, acknowledged the severe nature of the punishment.—
David Yaffe-Bellany,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Still, American democracy has proven to be resilient, and Congress, the branch of government closest to the people, was coming together to affirm the choice of Americans.—
LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK,
TIME,
6 Jan. 2025
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The filing alleged the Trump administration had failed to comply with the order.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2025
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Purdue Pharma and its owners, members of the Sackler family, reached a multibillion-dollar settlement this year to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging that the pain medication OxyContin caused a widespread opioid addiction crisis in the US.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Avouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avouch. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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