avouches

verb

present tense third-person singular of avouch
1
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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2
as in claims
to state as a fact usually forcefully avouched that he had never cheated on his taxes in his life

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3
as in declares
to state clearly and strongly she tends to avouch her opinions in such a way as to imply that anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avouches
  1. guarantees
  2. claims
  3. declares
  4. certifies
  5. insists
  6. asserts
  7. attests
  8. alleges
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  • 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
Definition of guarantees
Verb
  • The agency claims Salgado Araujo refused to follow several verbal commands and rammed into one of its law enforcement vehicles.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • Reemtsen claims that the email is an admission that Salle copied her work.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of claims
Verb
  • Snowflake is getting there by separating the context a customer declares from the context the platform derives on its own.
    — Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • If the school declares an emergency, students may be provided with prepared text messages to keep their parents or guardians informed.
    — Chaewon Chung Updated July 6, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of declares
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  • 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
Definition of certifies
Verb
  • 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
Definition of insists
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  • 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
Definition of asserts
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
Definition of attests
Verb
  • The suit alleges The Bay Club does not fall under that exception because parents are not necessarily always on the premises.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 9 July 2026
  • The lawsuit alleges the replacement tickets many fans were given by StubHub were worse than their original tickets.
    — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of alleges
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“Avouches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avouches. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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