corroboration

noun

Definition of corroborationnext
as in evidence
something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim that's a serious charge, so you certainly should have corroboration for it

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  1. evidence
  2. proof
  3. testimony
Noun
  • The zircon grain may contain the oldest direct evidence of ancient hot water on the red planet, which may have provided environments such as hot springs that are associated with life on Earth.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Although the nation’s intelligence agencies have been divided over COVID’s origins, no empirical evidence has ever been published to support the lab-leak theory.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of evidence
Noun
  • Rafał Trzaskowski, the presidential candidate of the ruling party of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, recently accused Poland’s central bank of mismanaging inflation and offered to send the governor some butter as proof, according to the Financial Times.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Boosters nevertheless clung to citrus and its markers — the smell of orange blossoms, the crate labels with idyllic scenes of Old California — as proof of our subtropical paradise.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of proof
Noun
  • The defense rested its case after Smock's testimony.
    Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Burns, then, over the attorneys’ objection, ordered them not to have contact with him about his testimony or his case overall.
    Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of testimony
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