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affirmed

verb

past tense of affirm

as in insisted

to state as a fact usually forcefully unwilling to affirm without further study that the painting is an original Rembrandt

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as in declared

to state clearly and strongly our business partner affirmed his trust in us, and we in turn promised not to let him down

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Recent Examples of affirmed The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's decision to dismiss the case. — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026 Achane for the season and have been without top wide receiver Caleb Douglas the past three games, coach Jeff Hafley affirmed Monday that Willis remains the starting quarterback. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 Secretary Rubio — who is also the US national security advisor — affirmed Saudi Arabia’s right to defend itself against Houthi aggression and Washington’s intention to honor its defense and security agreements with the kingdom. — Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Payton affirmed his belief in Webb on Thursday, calling him a future head coach. — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026 The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed them in perpetuity in 2002. — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Former Fox security consultant Aaron King affirmed this and said Thomson did not abuse alcohol. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026 Seventeenth-century Dutch art specialist Arthur Wheelock affirmed that Sotheby’s attribution of the painting to Rembrandt is now widely accepted. — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026 It was dismissed in June 2025, and the California Court of Appeals affirmed that decision earlier this month. — Lauren Wilson, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2026

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Verb

Busfield, who has insisted be was innocent of the charges, was released from custody pending trial.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Roberts insisted that the works were real and that the the Warhol Foundation had said as much to him.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of insisted

Verb

Officials declared success an hour later when the spacecraft separated as planned from the rocket's upper stage.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Parillo allegedly excluded her from LHS’s management and declared himself the company’s director, president, secretary, and treasurer.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of declared

Verb

In a visual presentation at their news conference, federal authorities alleged that 21 of the 28 people charged had actually voted.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
State attorneys general alleged that Meta covered up internal studies on the impact of Instagram on teenagers’ mental health.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of alleged

Verb

Joseph Hill, the director of the Center for Black Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University, asserted that BASL is generally treated as more of a dialect than a language.

— New York Times, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
In July, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin asserted in a letter to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber that California may have more than 190,000 noncitizen voters on its rolls.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of asserted

Verb

There are believed to be two adult owls, and some photographers have claimed to have seen six fledglings, Barrett added.

— JOSEPH FREDERICK, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
The fake message, shared alongside images of Fox and an older photograph of the former couple, claimed Kelly was devastated by the breakup and blamed himself for losing her.

— Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of claimed

Verb

After the election, armchair pundits and paid professionals proclaimed that Ronald Reagan had been right all along.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Netizens proclaimed their affection for the rattan man, claiming a combination of intrigue, longing, and confusion.

— Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of proclaimed

Verb

In May, Uthmeier joined Justice Department officials at the Miami Freedom Tower when the federal government announced its arrest warrant and charges.

— Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Richardson also announced the company plans to bring online two more rocket recovery vessels to join its existing ship, Jacklyn, named after Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos’ mother.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

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