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Are those social workers or people issuing those citations ready to show up at hearings and testify like cops are trained to do?
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Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
Nick Fuller, the FAA's acting deputy chief operating officer of operations, testified that the controllers weren't tested for alcohol because the agency did not immediately believe the crash was fatal.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025
Chair of Denton County GOP Melinda Preston also testified in favor of the proposal.
—Eleanor Dearman
updated August 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Aug. 2025
Maxwell was set to testify before the House Oversight Committee this month, but the date was moved back until after the Supreme Court decides on the pending petition in her criminal case.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 2 Aug. 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
Nick Fuller, the FAA's acting deputy chief operating officer of operations, testified that the controllers weren't tested for alcohol because the agency did not immediately believe the crash was fatal.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025
Chair of Denton County GOP Melinda Preston also testified in favor of the proposal.
—Eleanor Dearman
updated August 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Aug. 2025
Maxwell was set to testify before the House Oversight Committee this month, but the date was moved back until after the Supreme Court decides on the pending petition in her criminal case.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for testify
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Thurston, a former secretary of state and land commissioner, was sworn as state treasurer in on Jan. 1.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Aug. 2025
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Celebs have gotten in on the trend too: Gwyneth Paltrow and Emma Roberts swear by it.—
Lauren Wingenroth,
SELF,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The attack ended when other troops who witnessed the incident intervened and tackled the gunman.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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Several soldiers who witnessed the shooting were able to tackle Radford and subdue him.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Not only that, as CEI’s work on agency guidance documents, policy statements memoranda and other forms of regulatory dark matter attests, conventional notice-and-comment regulation increasingly comes nowhere close to capturing government intervention in the economy.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Golf is an incredibly difficult game, as any avid golfer can attest, so anything that gives you an edge is worthy of investment.—
Ryan Waniata,
Wired News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Despite failing to verify her identity, Bardisa was reportedly offered a promotion in January 2025.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The letter would also have to verify that the data center wouldn’t cause electrical interference or fluctuations in line voltage, according to the ordinance.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Testify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testify. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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