testified

verb

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 During a preliminary hearing in 2021, Los Angeles Police Department detectives testified that Jester and three others broke into Jackson’s Hollywood Hills rental and accosted the rapper in a shower. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 After Callan’s birth, Clancy had taken medication for mental health problems, according to her providers, and had sought help from several mental health professionals who testified this week. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 Pavao also testified that the site mentioning suicide was accessed through a series of clicks on the Wikipedia page for singer-songwriter Tom Hall, who died by suicide. — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Zion witnessed the shooting and later testified in the murder trial of the officer, Aaron Dean. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026 Tufts testified over the course of two tense days in the Massachusetts mother's murder trial. — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 The psychiatric nurse practitioner who treated Lindsay Clancy testified on Tuesday about messages sent to and from the Massachusetts mother in the weeks before Clancy killed her children in January 2023. — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for testified
  1. swore
  2. attested
  3. witnessed
  4. verified
Verb
  • Cloobeck allegedly contacted Lavie’s attorney, swore at him and threatened him, his property and members of his family, according to the complaint.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh said in a statement Thursday that Immigration Minister Tony Burke swore them in the day before at a citizenship ceremony in their Australian home city of Brisbane.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of swore
Verb
  • Many Black parishioners who joined the Peoples Temple attested to the church’s racial inclusiveness.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • One Night Only is literally all contrivance, as attested to by the countdown clocks posted everywhere to alert everyone as to when the Sex Purge will be over.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of attested
Verb
  • In some ways his death marks the end of a more economically optimistic era for many Chinese who witnessed their country’s sweeping transformation during its reformist years.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Stapleton also witnessed the opportunistic shift in the tech industry’s political leanings in recent years.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of witnessed
Verb
  • Findings must be verified against the device and the records around it first.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Auditors generally verified repayments by reinterviewing workers who had participated in earlier assessments.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of verified

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