testify (to)

as in to guarantee
to declare (something) to be true or genuine that auction house will always testify to a painting's authenticity

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Verb
  • In 2023, the Wizards re-signed Kuzma to a four-year contract worth $90 million guaranteed.
    Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
  • More than that, each team is guaranteed three playoff games.
    Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The petition — sponsored by Charlie Angus, a member of Parliament who has in the past called for Musk to be investigated over potential election interference — needed at least 500 signatures to be certified for presentation to the House of Commons.
    Avery Lotz, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The organization offers training via members who are also certified as flight instructors, the group’s website says.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 24 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
  • 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
Verb
  • His 12 fight-night bonus awards in 12 UFC outings can attest to that.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • And that god, as any parent of a teenager can attest, can be judging and unforgiving.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Between the end of March and the beginning of April, visitors to Washington, D.C. will be able to witness the annual bloom of the city’s cherry trees.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
  • In Taddeo’s novel, Joan, a woman whose life is underscored by male cruelty, witnesses a man commit a shocking act of violence in front of her.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Testify (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testify%20%28to%29. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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