as in to prove
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumstantiate
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Luis Gil continued to pitch poorly, proving the questions around why the Yankees started him in the first place were warranted.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025 -
After a month of stress, Saturday proved to be a softer breath for the fourth-year coach.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
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With more than 20 years of experience at Calvin Klein, Victoria Beckham, Chloé and Stella McCartney, Smiley-Smith was brought in to re-establish a more refined, accessible luxury profile.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
4 Oct. 2025
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The city’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, signed an order directing Chicago law enforcement and officials not to cooperate with federal agents and established an initiative intended to protect residents’ rights.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
4 Oct. 2025
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Medical examiners corroborated this version of events upon her arrest.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
29 Sep. 2025
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Aldo brought along a binder of evidence to corroborate his claims of persecution.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Get an insurance checkup and document your possessions.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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In July 2023, a Washington County Sheriff’s report documented allegations of indecent exposure and inappropriate online contact with a juvenile.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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The live experiments set the stage for validating computer models that predict how future fusion machines like ITER, the world’s biggest science collaboration in history, and the UK’s STEP prototype will behave under similar conditions.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Neiman’s collaborator is retiring its 2040 net-zero goal, which was established in June 2021 after its 30 percent reduction was validated by the SBTi the year before.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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By night, a small group of protesters – sometimes a dozen or fewer – have demonstrated outside the building.—
Conrad Wilson,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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Western Hills demonstrated diversity in scoring by utilizing a variety of plays and players throughout the night to extend the lead.—
Elijah Flowers,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Oct. 2025
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Salmon said his counselor suggested his attraction to men was his father’s fault because his job kept him away from home a lot, causing Salmon to identify more with his mother.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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But that changed, and the case took a turn after two denizens of Nashville's street scene were identified as suspects.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The American Library Association says 2,452 unique book titles were challenged in 2024, while PEN America recorded 3,752 unique titles.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Circumstantiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumstantiate. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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