circumstantiating

Definition of circumstantiatingnext
present participle of circumstantiate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumstantiating
Verb
  • Several New Jersey school districts are planning to welcome students back on Tuesday, but some places, like Jersey City, have been forced to cancel classes for a second day due to the clean-up after the snowstorm proving to be a daunting task.
    Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Elsewhere, the performance has been two-pronged, with Asia and the Middle East proving a boon for bigger players but less representative and underexplored for SMEs.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Don’t forget Knueppel is already the fastest player to reach 100 made career 3-pointers, establishing the impressive mark 12 games quicker than Utah’s Lauri Markkanen, who held the record until Knueppel shattered it.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Congress has repeatedly waded into establishing an overarching federal law that would encompass AI that dispenses mental health advice.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Only now, more than a week later, have details corroborating the scope of the carnage begun to emerge.
    Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Each victim was interviewed by detectives, and police say corroborating evidence was also collected.
    Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Scientists have been documenting the remarkable intelligence of dolphins for decades.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Which draws the attention of another ghost, a French man with a stack of papers documenting the man’s sins.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Officers were reportedly reviewing security camera footage in the area in hopes of identifying a suspect.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Last April, the Wyn Beauty founder shared a sweet video on her Instagram with her daughter Adira, as the little one practiced identifying colors.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The Exception Code — Jonathan Johannes A leadership framework informed by a landmark Caribbean banking acquisition, demonstrating that culture, trust, and integration challenges—and solutions—are global.
    Jennifer J. Fondrevay, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In demonstrating the technology to CalMatters, using an imaginary 56-year-old female patient who complained of trouble breathing, Scope asked several follow-up questions to drill down on her symptoms.
    Cal Matters, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • By the end of the season, the Jets had set records for futility, so the firing was warranted — the Jets were the first team to ever go a full season without recording a single interception.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The report was based on two YouGov polls from 2018 and 2024, recording that the number of people who attended church at least once a month rose from 8% in 2018 to 12% in 2024.
    Will Barker, TheWeek, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Students who are just learning foundational skills need to use tools such as generative AI as an adjunct, not a substitute, for generating ideas, validating information and crafting arguments.
    Larry Magid, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Analytics may identify where problems lie, but autonomous systems close the loop by executing and validating the work needed to solve them.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Circumstantiating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumstantiating. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!