BEARING OUT Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

bearing out

verb

present participle of bear out

as in verifying

to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life

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Achieving and verifying high-purity output from secondary feedstocks, rather than virgin mined ore, is a technically demanding problem that has limited the domestic recycling sector for years.

— Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
Never send deposits before independently verifying the property owner or management company.

— T.J. Anthony, CBS News, 29 June 2026

Definition of verifying

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Start with something simple and repetitive, such as checking an account balance, confirming an appointment or sending a reminder.

— Ran Inbar, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
After confirming their range is included, consumers will receive a free set of compatible knob covers along with installation instructions.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Definition of confirming

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Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo was ejected by plate umpire Willie Traynor for arguing a balk call against Jose Cabrera (0-2) that put runners on second and third with one out in the fifth.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
The situation began to change when the novelist Stewart O’Nan published an influential essay in the Boston Review in 1999, arguing for Yates as a canonical American author.

— Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

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