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How does the verb confirm contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of confirm are authenticate, corroborate, substantiate, validate, and verify. While all these words mean "to attest to the truth or validity of something," confirm implies the removing of doubts by an authoritative statement or indisputable fact.

confirmed the reports

When is authenticate a more appropriate choice than confirm?

While the synonyms authenticate and confirm are close in meaning, authenticate implies establishing genuineness by adducing legal or official documents or expert opinion.

handwriting experts authenticated the diaries

When is it sensible to use corroborate instead of confirm?

While in some cases nearly identical to confirm, corroborate suggests the strengthening of what is already partly established.

witnesses corroborated his story

When could substantiate be used to replace confirm?

The synonyms substantiate and confirm are sometimes interchangeable, but substantiate implies the offering of evidence that sustains the contention.

the claims have yet to be substantiated

In what contexts can validate take the place of confirm?

The meanings of validate and confirm largely overlap; however, validate implies establishing validity by authoritative affirmation or by factual proof.

validated the hypothesis by experiments

When would verify be a good substitute for confirm?

In some situations, the words verify and confirm are roughly equivalent. However, verify implies the establishing of correspondence of actual facts or details with those proposed or guessed at.

all statements of fact in the article have been verified

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of confirm Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2025 However, in March, Google confirmed that the Assistant would be phased out in favor of Gemini. Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 Google has confirmed the latest warnings — that Gmail accounts are under attack, and has issued some simple, critical advice. Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025 The news was confirmed via a public obituary and his daughter Anne Marie Scalies’ statement to The Hollywood Reporter. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for confirm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confirm
Verb
  • In Bitcoin, nodes verify signatures and miners’ proof of work.
    Korok Ray, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Videos of the strikes have circulated widely, but the footage could not be independently verified.
    Yevgeny Kuklychev Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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  • The president is also supposed to, under the NEA, transmit the terms of the emergency to Congress, which then approves and authorizes the use of emergency powers.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
  • But borrowers approved for a TPD Discharge starting in 2023 would not end their monitoring period until 2026 or later, after the TPD discharge tax relief provisions would otherwise expire.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • Ramaphosa and other defenders of the Expropriation Act have argued that the policies are needed to reverse the nation’s apartheid-era legacy of disparities in land ownership.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 11 May 2025
  • The same principle can apply in the Read case, where her defense team is arguing off-duty police framed her for the death of her boyfriend, who was also in the local police department.
    Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • Yet, Merz still struggled to ratify his chancellorship.
    Mark I. Vail, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
  • The right to automatic U.S. citizenship at birth was enshrined by the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 in the wake of the Civil War.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • The sale of the single-family home in the 1100 block of Garfield Ave., San Jose, has been finalized.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
  • Clarifying and finalizing these procedures, from employee responsibilities and checklists to compliance and safety standards, must start at your first food business location.
    Carey Bringle, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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  • Rather than accept those limitations, Dr. Gu decided to build something better.
    William Jones, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Last year, another report from The Wall Street Journal had said the logistics companies had entertained a returns partnership in 2023, in which FedEx would accept returns of Amazon packages at its more than 2,000 FedEx Office locations.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 May 2025

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“Confirm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confirm. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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