circumstantiating

verb

present participle of circumstantiate
as in backing (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumstantiating
  1. proving
  2. establishing
  3. corroborating
  4. documenting
  5. identifying
  6. demonstrating
  7. recording
  8. validating
Verb
  • Sam Moses is proving there's still something special about the old-fashioned way, despite new technology.
    — Steve Overmyer, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Short, softly layered, and effortlessly chic, the cut became synonymous with her style, proving that sometimes the simplest looks make the biggest statement.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of proving
Verb
  • This may mean removing an abusive parent as their guardian and establishing another relative or foster parent in place of the parent.
    — Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Reality television personality Spencer Pratt jumped in a few months later, on the anniversary of the Palisades fire, establishing himself as an unpredictable presence on the campaign trail.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of establishing
Verb
  • Investigators evaluate its credibility and seek corroborating evidence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Both Fields’ lawyer and his agent are now on record corroborating the initial report that drew TCU’s ire.
    — Mac Engel September 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of corroborating
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  • This includes establishing how the site meets the relevant selection criteria, documenting its authenticity and integrity, outlining the measures in place to protect it, and presenting a management framework.
    — Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Sending out election observers has been a routine way of documenting any racial discrimination at the polls under past administrations since the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of documenting
Verb
  • OpenAI said the partnership would bring different expertise and approaches to identifying weaknesses.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The lawsuit says Brave crawled and copied content from more than 30 billion webpages in its index without identifying itself or providing the owners of websites any mechanism to block its crawler, according to the newspapers’ complaint.
    — Molly Crane Newman, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of identifying
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  • Such generosity in defeat is rare in today’s political climate, and Stevens deserves credit for demonstrating it.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The man behind the wheel wasn’t a thief, but a Baltimore County Police detective demonstrating how quickly an unattended vehicle can disappear while its driver runs a simple errand.
    — Jessica Baugh, Baltimore Sun, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of demonstrating
Verb
  • That gave the team two rookie starters in a home opener for the first time since the NBA began recording starters in 1970-71.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Saadi stayed on call as Rahbani’s in-house bassist, and Rahbani would return the favor by recording Saadi’s personal projects.
    — Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of recording
Verb
  • The special report has been cited in thousands of academic papers, in legislative testimony and in media coverage validating carbon capture and storage as a realistic solution to global warming.
    — Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In addition to late-arriving mail ballots, the California secretary of state told ABC News that there is an arduous process of counting mail ballots and validating voters' signatures, as each envelope signature must match the signatures on file.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of validating
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