Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for avouch
Verb
  • Trump is exerting significant pressure on holdouts to fall in line, but passage in the lower chamber is not guaranteed.
    Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 1 July 2025
  • The contract is not fully guaranteed; however, Wilson — the Nets’ second-round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft — is a rotation player and considered part of the team’s future as its rebuild continues.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Columbia University has offered $9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by former students who claimed the university had submitted inaccurate data to U.S. News & World Report, according to the Columbia Spectator.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Republicans also included a provision that would allow metallurgical coal to claim an advanced manufacturing production tax credit.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • And the Justice Department warned that declaring the funding scheme unconstitutional would jeopardize many other programs.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • Jariwala was transported from her home in Andheri to a hospital, where she was declared dead by the doctors, Mumbai police told ANI, which reported that police received information about her death at around 1 a.m. local time.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • Unofficial results likely won't be announced by the city Board of Elections until July 1, and the results won't be officially certified until July 14.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 25 June 2025
  • Dragon is the only U.S. spacecraft certified by NASA to take astronauts to the space station.
    Brendan Byrne, NPR, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • First, Disney insists on direct senior leadership involvement, recognizing that executives must work alongside their teams to separate genuine AI capabilities from marketing hype.
    Maribel Lopez, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Immediately after his death, Knight says Afeni, who died at age 60 in May 2016, turned to him and insisted her son be cremated, right then and there.
    Danielle Bacher, People.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • The athleisure label also asserted that Costco is known to use manufacturers of popular brands’ products for its own Kirkland private label.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 1 July 2025
  • In retrospect, both fans and Grenier himself have asserted that Nate may be the actual villain of The Devil Wears Prada, and not the titular devil herself.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • The resolution, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, aimed to affirm that Trump should seek authorization from Congress before launching more military action against Iran.
    Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
  • Since January 2025, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has tracked nearly 600 anti-LGBTQ state legislative bills across the United States targeting transgender youth, restricting access to affirming services and limiting public expression of LGBTQ+ identities.
    Martie Bowser, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Chen ultimately began to communicate with a member of the Navy on social media, the DOJ alleges, and arranged for a tour of the USS Abraham Lincoln in San Diego with the employee.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • The criminal complaint alleges that she was captured on surveillance footage carrying a black backpack entering the locker room area, appearing to take a photo of the vicinity, and departing without the backpack.
    Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
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“Avouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avouch. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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