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to declare (something) to be true or genuine
a jeweler authenticated the diamond as real
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to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of
we require more than simply your word to authenticate this story
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Recent Examples of authenticated
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2026
Valued at up to $17 million, the painting has not yet been publicly identified but is reported by French newspaper Le Parisien to have been authenticated as belonging to a 1937 series of portraits the artist made of his French model and lover Marie-Thérèse Walter.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
22 June 2026
Users are authenticated to applications, and applications are authenticated to infrastructure.
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Santhosh Jayaprakash,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
The audio, if authenticated in court, shows Castro did not simply give a general order but was also involved in the decision-making process.
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Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
These 2 authenticated and graded Pokemon cards were stolen from the Nashcards store in Trappe, Pennsylvania, according to police.
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Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
That is because players making their first appearance at the tournament will wear the unique badge, which will later be authenticated, signed and eventually added to a packet of trading cards.
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Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
9 May 2026
The timeline, whose origins are unclear, said Barket had authenticated the note as of January 2020.
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Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
7 May 2026
Mail ballots must be processed and authenticated before they can be counted.
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Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Verb
Everything is authenticated through their hub.
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Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2026
Valued at up to $17 million, the painting has not yet been publicly identified but is reported by French newspaper Le Parisien to have been authenticated as belonging to a 1937 series of portraits the artist made of his French model and lover Marie-Thérèse Walter.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
22 June 2026
Users are authenticated to applications, and applications are authenticated to infrastructure.
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Santhosh Jayaprakash,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
The audio, if authenticated in court, shows Castro did not simply give a general order but was also involved in the decision-making process.
—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
These 2 authenticated and graded Pokemon cards were stolen from the Nashcards store in Trappe, Pennsylvania, according to police.
—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
That is because players making their first appearance at the tournament will wear the unique badge, which will later be authenticated, signed and eventually added to a packet of trading cards.
—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
9 May 2026
The timeline, whose origins are unclear, said Barket had authenticated the note as of January 2020.
—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
7 May 2026
Mail ballots must be processed and authenticated before they can be counted.
—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for authenticated
Adjective
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Club sources insist the process of finding a successor to Marco Silva remains ongoing and that comments made last week by Fulham vice chairman and director of football operations Tony Khan that there were two leading candidates for the role remain valid.
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Yet amidst the hype, scientists working in the aging field are broadly in agreement that the underlying notion is valid.
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Ouachita County sheriff's office Chief Deputy Larry McMahen said Truelove is a former auxiliary officer with the sheriff's office but had not been certified as an auxiliary officer in quite some time.
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The visitors' center is LEED Gold-certified for green energy, Dillard says, and geothermal systems have been installed in other buildings for temperature control.
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With the identification of the bottom quark in 1977 and the top quark in 1995, the scientific breakthroughs helped prove the foundational architecture of the universe and verified the standard model of particle physics.
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The Associated Press verified that one man was arrested after touching the already-peeling paint.
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There is no confirmed list, but that hasn’t stopped fans and the media from throwing out names like Callum Turner, Harris Dickinson and Jacob Elordi.
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That brings the confirmed One UI 9 internal testing lineup to the Galaxy S23, S24, S24 FE, S25, S26, A35, A56 and now the A57.
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If the underlying model behind an agent can be identified and attested, then trust no longer has to rest on the interface alone.
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But, of course, as some of you may be thinking, nothing causes more pain than the desire for pleasure—a fact attested to by countless love songs and religious texts.
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Operators reason within validated constraints.
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This validated questionnaire asks about symptoms like heel pain and swollen joints or digits.
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In the first decisive victory of this tournament’s knockout stage, France dominated Sweden Tuesday with a 3-0 win that guaranteed the French another match this week.
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While not every space rock is guaranteed to pose a real threat, scientists say looking for them is the first step.
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In established lawns, many turfgrass species can be maintained with very little water and allowed to go dormant during periods of drought.
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More specifically, the argument that tracking demographic data produces discrimination inverts the established purpose of the EEO-1.
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“Authenticated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/authenticated. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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