confirms

verb

present tense third-person singular of confirm
1
as in verifies
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of several eyewitnesses who can confirm the defendant's account of what happened

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2
as in approves
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory the senate must confirm an appointment to an ambassadorship

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Recent Examples of confirms According to a news release, a new agreement confirms that the UG and Wyandotte County Board of Public Utilities (BPU) will keep jurisdiction over all ancillary development surrounding the stadium. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026 The Wrap confirms that a fifth installment in the Disney Channel Original Movie franchise is on the way. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 Congress funds and oversees both agencies, and the Senate confirms FCC commissioners. — Luke Fountain,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 The Nature study confirms this because the retention rate did not apply to those in managerial roles. — Volen Vulkov, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Perry confirms that scuffs or blemishes on the skin won’t change the flavor of the pear itself at all. — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2026 Bob Buziak, former president of both RCA Records and Sony’s TriStar Music Group, died on October 19, a rep confirms to Variety. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026 This blatant, quid pro quo charade with Putin confirms that America’s values and priorities have never been his own. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026 The spokesperson confirms that ATF agents will be focused specifically on tracing the gun or weapons used by the suspect. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confirms
  1. verifies
  2. approves
  3. argues
  4. ratifies
Verb
  • Police in California are investigating the theft of trading cards worth at least $963,000 that were taken from a FedEx truck parked outside of a company that verifies memorabilia.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In testing the holiday period’s effectiveness, the report also verifies that spending at peak periods of demand does not guarantee the highest marginal return on media spend (MROM).
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of verifies
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  • Suddenly, that employee is expected to learn a new software platform, train three colleagues and figure out who approves what under the new reporting structure.
    — Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • If the West Hollywood City Council approves the La Brea tower, CIM would start preliminary development work with the intention of breaking ground late next year or in early 2028.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of approves
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  • Founding Freedoms Law Center, which launched the challenge in April, argues that lawmakers failed to follow required procedures and that the ballot language is misleading.
    — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The lawsuit argues the change violates the Administrative Procedure Act because it was adopted without explanation and the First Amendment, which protects lawyers' ability to advise people of their legal rights and seek prospective clients.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of argues
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  • Instead, party task forces (known as work teams) are mobilized to draft the verdict, colleagues from their workplace endorse it, and then a committee at a higher level of administration ratifies it.
    — ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The private sector’s role is to build the commercial reality that policy later ratifies.
    — Hany Naeem, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of ratifies

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“Confirms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confirms. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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