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as in verified
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of
the witnesses corroborated the policeman's testimony
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as in reinforced
to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)
my personal experience does not corroborate your faith in the essential goodness of people
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Recent Examples of corroborated
Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Medical examiners corroborated this version of events upon her arrest.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 29 Sep. 2025
Google Maps In October 2020, McGlynn was notified in a letter from Champion schools superintendent John Grabowski that he was being placed on administrative leave after several allegations of misconduct and emotional abuse of players were corroborated during an investigation by the school district.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
Authorities have not yet corroborated the videos.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
Payroll revisions and job cut data also corroborated the bottom, peaking last spring and declining since.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
At first glance, things may look severe, but that has not been corroborated by any means.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
The Pentagon officially corroborated these sightings in 2020.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Two witnesses also corroborated the barista’s account, according to the affidavit.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Batie-Smoose corroborated this to Fox News Digital.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Medical examiners corroborated this version of events upon her arrest.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 29 Sep. 2025
Google Maps In October 2020, McGlynn was notified in a letter from Champion schools superintendent John Grabowski that he was being placed on administrative leave after several allegations of misconduct and emotional abuse of players were corroborated during an investigation by the school district.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
Authorities have not yet corroborated the videos.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
Payroll revisions and job cut data also corroborated the bottom, peaking last spring and declining since.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
At first glance, things may look severe, but that has not been corroborated by any means.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
The Pentagon officially corroborated these sightings in 2020.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Two witnesses also corroborated the barista’s account, according to the affidavit.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corroborated
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Milwaukee rewarded him with a two-year, $11 million contract in July, and, with Damian Lillard gone, Porter is now the point guard, which was confirmed by Doc Rivers a few weeks ago.—
Stan Son,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Two people were struck and killed by a cargo train in Little River on Monday night, Miami Police and Fire Rescue confirmed.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
7 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,
8 Oct. 2025
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The stark difference between my pre-clinic and post-clinic phone sex work powerfully reinforced the phone counseling idea.—
Nicki J. Monti,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
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There are more than 16,000 plastic chemicals, according to a study published last year in Nature (although the International Council of Chemical Associations, an industry body, has verified far fewer in products in its publicly available database of plastic additives) .—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Cunningham’s veto votes, immigration comments draw ire Critiques came to a head this summer when Cunningham cast the deciding vote to override Stein’s veto of House Bill 318, which bolstered the legislation enacted last year requiring sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.—
Mary Ramsey
October 3,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Oct. 2025
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One area of the roster that needs to be bolstered is the starting rotation.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The coalition called for a rigorous, large-scale trial with validated biomarkers and pre-registered endpoints.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025
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That starts with biobanking—the systematic, validated and coordinated collection, processing and storage of biological samples like organs, blood, urine, tumor tissue and cerebrospinal fluid—paired with deep and accurate clinical annotation.—
Niven R. Narain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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According to The Associated Press, the Justice Department argued in a July memo that grants for HSIs were unconstitutional because they were reserved for schools that have at least 25% Hispanic enrollment.—
Nicquel Terry Ellis,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Beneath Nkrumah’s elaborate rhetoric, Mazrui argued, lay a simple drive to consolidate control through a one-party state that would inevitably empower only his most loyal—and least thoughtful—allies.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And that proved to be the difference on Monday as Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence made some great throws.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Crossdressing Serial Killer Trope In Media As so often happens, myth proved to be more fleet-footed than truth.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Corroborated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corroborated. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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