testified

past tense of testify
as in swore
to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact several witnesses testified that they had seen the accused in the vicinity of the crime scene

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Recent Examples of testified Prosecutors also presented surveillance footage captured from a distance that Hull testified showed Robinson running across the rooftop of the Losee Center, a building on UVU’s campus near the courtyard where Kirk’s event was taking place. Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 Hull testified that Robinson later returned in different clothing, walking with a limp, rolled onto the roof of a building on campus and crawled to the edge of the rooftop around the time the shot was fired. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 July 2026 In his video statement, Twiggs testified that in one of the text messages, Robinson directed him to look under his computer keyboard for a handwritten note. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 9 July 2026 As video of Robinson’s arrest was shown in court, Davis testified that the suspect was taken into custody after authorities questioned both him and his parents. Bethany Brown, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026 The idea was for Carrol to become an eyewitness to the sheriff’s encounters with others in the office, to foil potential future allegations of improper conduct, Carrol testified. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026 Abrams also testified in support of the measure, speaking on behalf of the Utility Wildfire Survivors Coalition. Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
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  • News of the fire reached musician Linda Ronstadt, who swore that Dan Tana’s served the best plate of spaghetti in the world.
    Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Raison, who had previously studied meditation, used the EAR to evaluate whether two hundred people who participated in meditation subsequently became kinder, swore less, or engaged in deeper conversations.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
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  • The ruling upholds Illinois law, which allows mail-in ballots postmarked — or personally attested to — by Election Day to be counted up to two weeks afterward.
    Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • All shade is not created equal, a point attested by anyone who’s tried to grow plants under a Norway maple instead of a honey locust tree.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2026
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  • The Alachua County Sheriff's Office will also be coordinating with victim advocates to ensure appropriate counseling is available to the 11-year-old, who witnessed and was involved in the incident.
    Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • Associated Press journalists have witnessed the aftermath of attacks on health centers by a wary, highly mobile population that has long been traumatized by armed groups.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
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  • In addition, performance data was collected throughout the testing campaign and verified after completion.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
  • Once the interviews are wrapped, scores are delivered, references are verified, Bending Spoons finally chooses who to hire.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 15 July 2026

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“Testified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testified. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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