testaments

noun

plural of testament
1
as in evidences
something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim the "before" and "after" pictures are a testament to the effectiveness of the weight loss program

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2
as in ideologies
the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group Jefferson's collected writings constitute his political testament

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Recent Examples of testaments One of the greatest testaments to the French Laundry’s influence has been the sheer number of alumni who have opened acclaimed restaurants of their own, from Grant Achatz’s Alinea to Corey Lee’s Benu to Rene Redzepi’s Noma. — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 26 June 2026 Today, there are few living testaments to that headcount. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026 About 2 miles north on Central, though, stand more quiet monuments, testaments to Native American resistance and resilience. — Rebecca 'becca' Dyer, AZCentral.com, 5 Mar. 2026 After two years of research, an art historian believes that the designs on glass Roman cage cups are testaments to the skill and collaborative efforts required to craft some of the empire’s most renowned pieces of glasswork. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2025 Hind’s voice — fragments of which spread online and were later verified and analyzed by outlets including The Washington Post, Sky News and Forensic Architecture — became one of the most haunting and emblematic testaments of the war in Gaza. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025 Her portraits of Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor are two of the most important artworks created in the 21st century, testaments to Black excellence and the epidemic of police violence. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 These vehicles are physical testaments to design, craftsmanship, and the technological ambitions of their time. — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for testaments
  1. evidences
  2. ideologies
  3. testimonies
  4. philosophies
  5. proofs
  6. doctrines
  7. testimonials
  8. documentations
Noun
  • What Frost’s claim evidences is that perennial American anxiety about speaking a tongue whose name isn’t shared with that of our nationality.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
  • This evidences deliberate indifference to foreseeable violence.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of evidences
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  • While this has always been the case, the AI boom and geopolitical tensions have made balancing these two ideologies an urgent matter, Persson suggested.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • Justices, like any other public figures or political beings, sometimes see their ideologies and policy preferences evolve over time.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 July 2026
Definition of ideologies
Noun
  • Since the fall of the Soviet Union 35 years ago, government files have been declassified and grand-jury testimonies unsealed; key players have made dramatic confessions.
    — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
  • Based on thousands of testimonies and years of research conducted by Gerardi and the Archbishop’s Office of Human Rights, the report documented more than 400 massacres.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
Definition of testimonies
Noun
  • For Åkerfeldt, there were two competing philosophies driving the band’s music.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
  • Both profile well for the new philosophies implemented at the plate and on the mound.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 17 July 2026
Definition of philosophies
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  • Mathematical proofs about graphs have been applied to all kinds of real-world networks, including the Internet.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 14 July 2026
  • Sussman experimented with different profiles, extraction rates, proofs, and other factors before settling on the final staves, which were put into barrels of whiskey to finish for about six weeks and presumably add new flavor.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 July 2026
Definition of proofs
Noun
  • Even Fitz-Gerald’s locker is a callback to his mom’s doctrines.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Definition of doctrines
Noun
  • Research coaches through referrals, LinkedIn, podcasts and testimonials.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Social media is full of testimonials, but veterinarians and researchers tell a more complicated story about what this fungus can and cannot do.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
Definition of testimonials
Noun
  • An avid field recordist, Kamaru has spoken of running his documentations of his surroundings—buses and bustling markets in Nairobi, sirens and birdsong in Berlin—through various types of digital processing, stretching and mulching and interweaving them with synths until the humdrum becomes musical.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Last October, the cemetery was vandalized with historical documentations and markers as well as plaques with poems being removed and torn down.
    — Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026
Definition of documentations

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