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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
Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2026
Her account was broadly corroborated to The Athletic by a third player who also worked with Font de Mora.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Homicide detectives reviewed the case in October and corroborated witness accounts to determine that there was probable cause to charge Brown in Hartley’s death, police said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Nov. 2025
Perhaps her account – factchecked and corroborated – would stop her from reliving the memories.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
Heger said those reports were corroborated by an Ecuadorian immigration attorney.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
The International Energy Agency, S&P Global, BloombergNEF, Wood Mackenzie, and Goldman Sachs have all corroborated Grantham’s point, with the IEA projecting shortages in copper and lithium within a decade.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
Witnesses corroborated Arielle Konig's account of what happened.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
Two other hikers had partly witnessed the assault and corroborated Arielle Konig's account of what happened during the beating.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Detectives later contacted the employee, who corroborated the woman’s account.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
The leak caught on camera Researchers discovered a visible plume of radioactive material escaping from a ventilation pipe near the reactor compartment, corroborated by elevated radionuclide levels in water samples and plutonium isotope ratios.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
An analysis of his phone allegedly found 66 videos with at least 65 additional unidentified victims, and metadata and surveillance video corroborated that the recordings took place in the same restroom over a period of weeks.
—Robert A. Cronkleton
march 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
According to the October 2019 transcript, Atkinson said his office relied in part on information from a witness who had reviewed official records of the call and corroborated key elements of the whistleblower’s account.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2026
Her account was broadly corroborated to The Athletic by a third player who also worked with Font de Mora.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Homicide detectives reviewed the case in October and corroborated witness accounts to determine that there was probable cause to charge Brown in Hartley’s death, police said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Nov. 2025
Perhaps her account – factchecked and corroborated – would stop her from reliving the memories.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
Davis also noted that a call to police by Justin Fairfax in January, alleging assault by his wife, was not corroborated.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
Heger said those reports were corroborated by an Ecuadorian immigration attorney.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
The International Energy Agency, S&P Global, BloombergNEF, Wood Mackenzie, and Goldman Sachs have all corroborated Grantham’s point, with the IEA projecting shortages in copper and lithium within a decade.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
Witnesses corroborated Arielle Konig's account of what happened.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
Two other hikers had partly witnessed the assault and corroborated Arielle Konig's account of what happened during the beating.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Detectives later contacted the employee, who corroborated the woman’s account.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
The leak caught on camera Researchers discovered a visible plume of radioactive material escaping from a ventilation pipe near the reactor compartment, corroborated by elevated radionuclide levels in water samples and plutonium isotope ratios.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
An analysis of his phone allegedly found 66 videos with at least 65 additional unidentified victims, and metadata and surveillance video corroborated that the recordings took place in the same restroom over a period of weeks.
—Robert A. Cronkleton
march 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corroborated
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The confirmed sighting triggered an immediate overnight search and capture operation.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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Among confirmed civilian casualties, 221 are children, the group said.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Jung, a close ally of Lee, said the government is willing to expand legal redress and speed compensation for victims of government abuses whose cases have been verified by the truth commission.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The long operational life claimed for the device depends on the half-life of Nickel-63, but real-world performance will depend on efficiency, shielding, and integration constraints, which have not been independently verified.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Apr. 2026
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The trade deadline additions and the strong finish only reinforced that.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Supreme Court later reinforced those interpretations, enabling Maduro to run for president while serving as acting head of state.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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Maden has 12 substantiated allegations against him, including two in which he was charged by the Civilian Complaint Review Board and prosecuted in the NYPD trial room.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
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In a situation where a company finds substantiated evidence of either type of violation carried out by an indirect supplier, they are mandated to perform an ad hoc risk assessment of that body, too.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Feb. 2026
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Don Weilhammer said that the preliminary investigation found that the argument and subsequent shooting began after the two involved allegedly argued over Pokémon cards, Fox 59 reported.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Yee argued California is ready for a change in leadership.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Not to mention, a budding rap career that would have been bolstered by playing for a Bay Area franchise in the heart of the West Coast rap scene.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2026
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It's also been bolstered by celeb power from figures such as Kerry Washington, John Legend and Pusha T.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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This phase will focus on turning validated designs into integrated subsystems that can operate under real reactor conditions.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Apr. 2026
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By licensing the Stan Patrol 6009 hull – which shares its axe-bow design with around 300 vessels already afloat – the Liberty Class benefits from a pre-validated platform, potentially saving years of hull development and testing.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Feb. 2026
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Following Caballero’s go-ahead RBI single that put his team up, 4-3, in the top of the 10th, Rays first baseman Jonathan Aranda’s RBI infield single proved to be enough for a walk-off 5-4 victory at Tropicana Field on Saturday night.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has proved its biggest strategic advantage in the war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Corroborated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corroborated. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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