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Recent Examples of reaffirmation
Europe’s Energy Security Strategy The novelty—if it can be called that—came from a reaffirmation of the emerging European understanding of how to apply these principles in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, global supply chain disruptions, and climate change.
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Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
In an email to the Del Mar Times, Quirk called the reaffirmation of the report an attack on his freedom of speech.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
His Grammy wins serve as a reaffirmation of his role as a torchbearer for the culture.
—Janeé Bolden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2025
Drama, comedy, romance, elation and desolation are all fluidly threaded into the story, as are tunes that range from humorous numbers to intimate expressions of solitude to rousing reaffirmations of solidarity in challenging circumstances.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
In an email to the Del Mar Times, Quirk called the reaffirmation of the report an attack on his freedom of speech.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
His Grammy wins serve as a reaffirmation of his role as a torchbearer for the culture.
—Janeé Bolden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2025
Drama, comedy, romance, elation and desolation are all fluidly threaded into the story, as are tunes that range from humorous numbers to intimate expressions of solitude to rousing reaffirmations of solidarity in challenging circumstances.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reaffirmation
Noun
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Congress is also expected to go on recess in August, so the earliest a NASA nominee might get a confirmation hearing is this fall.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
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The whistleblower's claims about Principal Assistant Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove come a day before Bove is set to face lawmakers Wednesday for his confirmation hearing to become a federal appeals court judge.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 June 2025
Noun
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For many of the organizers behind them, this ruling offered legal vindication.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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The split verdict meted out a measure of vindication to his accusers and prosecutors — but also to Weinstein — in the landmark case.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Trump’s predecessors feared that strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, regardless of their tactical success, could give Tehran the political justification to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and openly pursue nuclear arms, driving its program further underground and out of sight.—
Michael Wilner,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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The country's President Vladimir Putin met with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Moscow on June 23 and said there was no justification for the U.S. attack and called aggression against Iran groundless.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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In the case of ghosting, moral disengagement aids and abets the formation of rationalizations.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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For some people, that discomfort is enough to trigger a self-protective instinct to deflect, blame, or jump to rationalizations, Dr. Kelley explains.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
8 May 2025
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“Reaffirmation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reaffirmation. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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