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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
Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
His strange story thus corroborated, Rip is welcomed back to the village.
—John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
In late September, a report from other online-safety advocacy groups, which was corroborated by researchers at Northeastern University, found that most of the 47 child safety features promised by Instagram were flawed.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Additional employees standing nearby corroborated the story.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Other contemporaneous sources corroborated this stance.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
Research regarding the effectiveness of Instagram's teen safety features, as reported by child-safety advocacy groups and corroborated by researchers at Northeastern University (September 25, 2025), paints a different picture.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Penn’s version of events, Exeter wrote, could not be corroborated.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
Medical examiners corroborated this version of events upon her arrest.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Portions of it informed early investigative steps in the FBI’s Russia probe, though many of its central claims were never corroborated.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
His strange story thus corroborated, Rip is welcomed back to the village.
—John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
In late September, a report from other online-safety advocacy groups, which was corroborated by researchers at Northeastern University, found that most of the 47 child safety features promised by Instagram were flawed.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Additional employees standing nearby corroborated the story.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Other contemporaneous sources corroborated this stance.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
Research regarding the effectiveness of Instagram's teen safety features, as reported by child-safety advocacy groups and corroborated by researchers at Northeastern University (September 25, 2025), paints a different picture.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Penn’s version of events, Exeter wrote, could not be corroborated.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
Medical examiners corroborated this version of events upon her arrest.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corroborated
Verb
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But local journalists confirmed the video was of agents detaining a protester.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Alex Costa-Veiga was 14 years old when he was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma in December 2023, the Brain Tumor Research charity in England confirmed in a news release.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Steven Adler published an analysis showing that ChatGPT repeatedly and falsely reinforced one man’s delusions and psychological distress.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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The universal love is the applause, either heard in person or received from afar, a love reinforced by the sense of an instant, intimate family—a life backstage or in the trailer, far more interesting than the often unhappy family left behind.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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In earlier years, Meadowridge garnered scrutiny in a report by the Disability Law Center, which found substantiated incidents of abuse and neglect between 2014 and 2016.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Then, within 24 hours of being at the lot, Beach said, their homelessness status will be verified by Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services and they’ll be placed on a priority wait list for a spot at a family shelter.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
21 Oct. 2025
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The details of the case could not be independently verified.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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All of these factors are bolstered by people who contribute to the creation of new businesses and the growth of existing ones.—
Ben Zweig,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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The market said the choice was a reflection of the country’s growing footprint as an international location, bolstered by a 30 percent cash rebate, as well as its bubbling local cinema scene led by the likes of Nabil Ayouch, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Asmae El Moudir, Halima Ouardiri and Maryam Touzani.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Advanced spectroscopy sensors and a validated machine-learning algorithm in the device scan your poop for indicators of gut health and hydration, and also look for blood in the toilet bowl that might otherwise be hard to spot.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
25 Oct. 2025
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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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The government’s lawyers argued the ruling effectively guts a statute aimed at reducing gun violence by preventing unlawful drug users from wielding firearms.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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First, despite tabloid headlines about Leto, such noise doesn’t factor into moviegoers’ decisions to buy or not buy a ticket; it could be argued most were not even in the know of the June Air Mail exposé on his alleged behavior.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Olive Garden has proved flexible in its strategy, with the brand testing lower price menu offerings currently in many of its locations.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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After two hours of high-speed, eardrum-bursting laps around the winding track, Verstappen proved victorious, with McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc finishing in second and third, respectively.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Corroborated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corroborated. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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