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Recent Examples of confirmation There was never confirmation if these ransom notes were authentic, but those involved with the case believed at least these two might have been. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2026 To date, the available evidence from FDE projects falls short of confirmation. — Barbara Booth, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 The announcement was public confirmation of what nearly everyone inside Rocket Lab and the wider space industry already knew. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 But this preview also provided further confirmation of how much Starlink deployment can vary by aircraft type. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for confirmation
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Noun
  • State officials said the isolated instances of noncitizens voting, if accurate, are not evidence of widespread voter fraud.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Experimental evidence for the equation, however, remained restricted to the subatomic domain for many decades.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The Fed’s wealth figures provide a financial backdrop to that shift, not proof of what caused it.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Nevertheless, watching a sports car flip upside down and land on cold-gas jets was proof enough that flying cars are moving out of science fiction and onto the runway.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Aaron replied, according to her later testimony, with $5 million.
    — Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Standing between the jury and a verdict are scores of hours of conflicting testimony, bitter recriminations, and a vast trove of unfiltered texts exchanged by two brilliant scientists.
    — Chris Serres — Boston Globe, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has denounced violence related to immigration but has also acknowledged failures in the border control system over years that have allowed migrants to travel to and stay in South Africa without documentation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Mortgage decisions draw from federal requirements, agency rules, state and county regulations, loan-program guidelines, borrower documentation, and lender-specific overlays.
    — Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • This is a testament to the keys' spacing and punchy actuation force—both make for a fast and comfortable typing experience.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In a testament to its authenticity, one of the hotel’s housekeepers trashed part of the installation.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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“Confirmation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confirmation. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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