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as in insists
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 declares
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 affirms
Ending the show with one final jump affirms that there’s no future in which the Landry family is done with time traveling, despite the trauma and heartache the pond has delivered with its gift.
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Megan Vick,
Variety,
22 June 2026
At the same time, the resolution affirms Southern Baptists’ hope for Jews’ conversion to Christianity.
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Peter Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
However, in cases where disclosure can impede care, the medical community affirms the right to adolescent confidentiality.
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Sunaya Krishnapura,
STAT,
10 June 2026
Although Nilsson would likely disagree, her work affirms that all of us are drifting toward oblivion, with the best days of our lives like so much confetti in the wind.
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Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
That movie, like Primetime, affirms that the Twilight alum is not playing it safe in his choices — giving big, complex performances to match provocative material from idiosyncratic filmmakers.
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David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
The growth of anime fandom has ripple effects down the line for licensed products and merchandise, as anime fans are voracious consumers of swag that affirms their fan identity.
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Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Elevating flag football to championship status affirms that progress and opens new doors for women to compete at the highest level.
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ABC News,
19 May 2026
Appeals Court affirms life sentence On Tuesday, the state Appeals Court affirmed the convictions of a man found guilty of attacking a Brockton woman in her home in 2013, the Plymouth DA announced.
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Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
13 May 2026
Megan Vick,
Variety,
22 June 2026
At the same time, the resolution affirms Southern Baptists’ hope for Jews’ conversion to Christianity.
—
Peter Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
However, in cases where disclosure can impede care, the medical community affirms the right to adolescent confidentiality.
—
Sunaya Krishnapura,
STAT,
10 June 2026
Although Nilsson would likely disagree, her work affirms that all of us are drifting toward oblivion, with the best days of our lives like so much confetti in the wind.
—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
That movie, like Primetime, affirms that the Twilight alum is not playing it safe in his choices — giving big, complex performances to match provocative material from idiosyncratic filmmakers.
—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
The growth of anime fandom has ripple effects down the line for licensed products and merchandise, as anime fans are voracious consumers of swag that affirms their fan identity.
—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Elevating flag football to championship status affirms that progress and opens new doors for women to compete at the highest level.
—
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Appeals Court affirms life sentence On Tuesday, the state Appeals Court affirmed the convictions of a man found guilty of attacking a Brockton woman in her home in 2013, the Plymouth DA announced.
—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affirms
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Now the glowing screen sits in each person’s hand, and every feed insists that its user is seeing something different.
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Lasdun, by contrast, insists on delivering a meticulous retelling of the Murdaugh case, complete with byzantine subplots involving the suspicious death of the family’s housekeeper and the murder of another local teenager.
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Tuesday’s ruling declares the case a class action and extends the order nationwide.
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Venezuela's acting president declares state of emergency In a brief address to the nation late June 24, Rodríguez declared a state of emergency in response to the back-to-back earthquakes and nearly two dozen aftershocks that shook the country.
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The indictment further alleges Eidleh created Federal Child Nutrition Program sites using nominee owners, then falsely claimed the sites were serving meals to thousands of children each day.
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Representing Daniell, attorney Chris Timmons said the lawsuit centers on what his client alleges was a fraudulent transfer of the property's ownership.
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Wizman asserts that competitors vastly overprice eyewear, claiming a $1 production cost for items sold for hundreds.
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But Mike Mulvihill, president of insights and analytics for Fox Sports, asserts that the viewers have been there all along.
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Extropic claims that its system will be up to 10,000 times more energy-efficient than today’s GPUs while also enabling 1,000 times faster inference.
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The company claims the vehicle can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in less than three seconds and hit a top speed of 190 mph.
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But no longer, according to a new analysis, which proclaims that the long American sellers’ market has finally ended.
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Across 45 recipes — each its own kind of breadcrumb-naming treatise — the duo proclaims how versatile the kitchen staple both is and can be.
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Alpha-gal was more of a private enterprise, another rumor contends.
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Uber contends this arrangement has created an incentive for doctors and attorneys to collude to dramatically inflate medical bills.
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All proudly professes himself as a man of faith.
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After the massive trauma crisis is resolved, Owen professes his desire to be with Teddy and move to Paris, where Teddy was considering a once-in-a-lifetime research position.
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