sourced

verb

past tense of source
as in referenced

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  1. documented
  2. corroborated
  3. validated
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  • Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman, which documented the making of 1961’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
  • For that reason, any hair collected from the traps is bagged and documented to be sent back to Morin’s lab in Mississippi for genetic testing.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of documented
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  • TeamPCP, a ramshackle but extremely capable gang largely made up of teenagers, took credit for the attack, and researchers have largely corroborated the claim.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The company says the output must be corroborated through ordinary investigative methods.
    — Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of corroborated
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  • The Pennsylvania Lottery says winners aren't known until prizes are claimed and tickets are validated.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The advance leans on techniques from several mathematicians, and two Anthropic mathematicians, Levent Alpöge and Ralph Furman, studied and validated the proof.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of validated
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