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authentications

noun

plural of authentication
as in verifications

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for authentications
  1. verifications
  2. proofs
  3. confirmations
  4. evidences
  5. witnesses
  6. validations
  7. identifications
  8. vouchers
Noun
  • Age verifications and parental controls come with notorious loopholes.
    — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The client keeps legal title and is the only party who can initiate a withdrawal, which requires separate video verifications, liveness checks and screening for duress.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of verifications
Noun
  • Unfortunately, the full document was nigh-indecipherable—LLMs tend to explain their proofs in unhelpful ways, spending inordinate time on minor details while glancing past important steps.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026
  • For companies invested in the intersection of AI and entertainment, much of the work to date has been proofs-of-concept.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of proofs
Noun
  • The Senate has been addressing this week nominee confirmations and a bipartisan college sports bill to create standards on how athletes are paid, priorities that Republicans warn present poor optics to voters.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Moreover, radioisotopes produced at the lab contributed to the discoveries or confirmations of superheavy elements 114 (flerovium), 115 (moscovium), 116 (livermorium), and 118 (oganesson).
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of confirmations
Noun
  • Tome is also accused of intentionally deleting digital evidences, police said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026
  • What Frost’s claim evidences is that perennial American anxiety about speaking a tongue whose name isn’t shared with that of our nationality.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Definition of evidences
Noun
  • State police said he was found to be at fault for the crash after troopers interviewed multiple witnesses.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Prosecutors said witnesses also reported that Pineda later took credit for shooting the president.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of witnesses
Noun
  • In August, the three-member Indiana Recount Commission, which includes Republican Secretary of State Diego Morales, threw out multiple votes cast for Deery for lacking clerk validations, such as clerk initials or stamped signatures.
    — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2026
  • This requires moving away from the traditional way of performing the manual heavy lifting of pulling data, stitching spreadsheets and running validations line-by-line to a reviewer position.
    — Gargi Ray, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of validations
Noun
  • Investigators also found various chemicals, a 55-gallon drum, false identifications and urns in the home, police shared in a press conference.
    — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The office will confirm identifications and ensure proper paperwork is filed before releasing the remains back to family.
    — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of identifications
Noun
  • Her campaign website says vouchers are a payout for the privileged rather than a way to help children in the classroom.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The reclassification of these incidents means they won't be reported in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' on-time performance data, and also reduce the qualifying circumstances of when flyers can receive vouchers or refunds due to delays.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of vouchers
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“Authentications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/authentications. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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