ATTESTER Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

attester

noun

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as in witness

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Noun

Ortiz admitted to being the man seen with the victim by a witness, authorities said.

— Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2026
Detectives used a mix of surveillance video, license plate readers, police surveillance, witness video, phone location records and social media posts to tie Mohr and others to the vandalism.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026

Definition of witness

Noun

And then there are other analysts and reporters, such as Mark Clattenburg, Geoff Shreeves, Alex Aljoe and Katie Shanahan.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 18 July 2026
There seems little chance that Times reporters will be in jail cells anytime soon; judges are unlikely to order that extreme step this early in the legal process.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 July 2026

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The Justice Department unveiled this case against it, essentially arguing that SPLC had been defrauding its donors by paying informants within far-right groups who were infiltrating those groups.

— Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
Earlier this year, a Times investigation revealed ICE deported an informant who had turned against two of his co-defendants in a meth smuggling case.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of informant

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