avouches

present tense third-person singular of avouch
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as in testifies (to)
to declare (something) to be true or genuine a note from my doctor avouching that my medical condition did indeed disqualify me from gym class

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Verb
  • The takeaway is not that a diverse mouth guarantees a longer life.
    Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy director of the ACLU's speech, privacy and technology project, said the First Amendment guarantees the right to criticize the government.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Now a controversial study claims that working from home worsened mental health.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The video claims to show a FAB-500 aerial glide bomb destroying a UAV command post near Novopavlovka and a temporary deployment area in the Kherson region.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Pick for freshness, with the goal of making wines with real structure, and the valley declares itself.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Instead, several of Kendall’s key allies are cowed by Logan’s intimidating presence — even Roman buckles under the pressure — and the media titan declares victory.
    EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • The drone business boom Last year, Thunder Tiger’s Overkill drones became the first from an Asian company to qualify for the Pentagon’s Blue Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Cleared List, which certifies commercial drones for use by the US military.
    Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 18 June 2026
  • If Hoskins certifies the referendum, the court said, the map would be retroactively suspended.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
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  • The group insists Yale must defend its lawful holistic admissions and educational leadership role.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Rosa insists that her husband was unaware he would be sent to war.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • Bradford asserts that clarifying and renegotiating these roles for shared ownership is paramount.
    Heidi Brooks, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Kallmann asserts that his father, Hartmut, always maintained that the family art collection had been intact when the Nazi’s rose to power, and all the family’s belongings were stolen soon after.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • As the unfolding case of the Smithsonian attests, museum leaders occupy a pivotal position in American public life, balancing obligations to historical truth, institutional stakeholders, and the communities whose record they are entrusted to keep.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
  • Club Kid is funny, and filled with deft jokes, but there’s a stylistic exuberance to it that attests to how Firstman wasn’t just thinking in terms of verbal punchlines.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Yet park rangers continued to cite Hubbard under that section, issuing two misdemeanor citations in May 2025, as well as a third that cited a different section of the ordinance, the most recent lawsuit alleges.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The charge alleges a person knowingly defrauded another by using false or misleading information to obtain money, property, credit or a loan.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
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“Avouches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avouches. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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