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Recent Examples of testified
During the trial, Havericak testified that walk-in visitors to her hospital's emergency room dropped 7% to 8% since 2024.
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
Something her mother also testified to.
—Tania Francois, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2026
Baumann testified that Evetts joined him in vandalizing the vehicles parked in the facility’s adjacent lot and breaking a surveillance camera.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
Some of Reynolds’ expenses as AFL-CIO president were being charged to a credit card belonging to the federation, several witnesses testified, and Reynolds confirmed, during arbitration.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
Key prosecution witness Scott testified in court that Serafini offered her money to drive him from Nevada to the Lake Tahoe area on the day his wife’s parents were shot.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026
According to grand jury transcripts disclosed by the DOJ from the criminal case against Noel, an FBI agent testified banking records of the guards were examined, and there was no evidence that Noel or Thomas had been bribed.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2026
Cherie Wong, a Hong Kong Canadian activist who has testified before Canada's parliament on Chinese disinformation, has criticized the trend for reducing the complexities of Chinese identity into a set of tropes.
—Ashish Valentine, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
Both Hastings and Rita testified during the trial.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
Something her mother also testified to.
—Tania Francois, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2026
Baumann testified that Evetts joined him in vandalizing the vehicles parked in the facility’s adjacent lot and breaking a surveillance camera.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
Some of Reynolds’ expenses as AFL-CIO president were being charged to a credit card belonging to the federation, several witnesses testified, and Reynolds confirmed, during arbitration.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
Key prosecution witness Scott testified in court that Serafini offered her money to drive him from Nevada to the Lake Tahoe area on the day his wife’s parents were shot.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026
According to grand jury transcripts disclosed by the DOJ from the criminal case against Noel, an FBI agent testified banking records of the guards were examined, and there was no evidence that Noel or Thomas had been bribed.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2026
Cherie Wong, a Hong Kong Canadian activist who has testified before Canada's parliament on Chinese disinformation, has criticized the trend for reducing the complexities of Chinese identity into a set of tropes.
—Ashish Valentine, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
Both Hastings and Rita testified during the trial.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for testified
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Anthropic swore never to stand between military officials and B2B SaaS influencer slop.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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When calls went to a wrong number or voicemail, Krishnamoorthi swore at staffers and demanded new phone numbers, one former campaign staffer said.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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An orthopedic surgeon attested to the court the woman was hospitalized after the incident and later underwent a spinal procedure.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Thankfully, Southern California is home to some of the world’s best — as attested by their starry clientele.—
Beth Landman,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Feb. 2026
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Investigators were unable to speak with anyone who witnessed the avalanche and based the report on interviews with rescuers and information collected at the avalanche site, officials stated.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
14 Mar. 2026
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But LeBron also witnessed the wonder of Wade’s final Heat season, the type of embrace between city and franchise that Jordan was denied in Chicago.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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Every existing voter's citizenship would be verified against government databases when the bill goes into effect.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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The solar cell’s performance was independently verified by the Photovoltaic Calibration, Standards and Measurement Team at the Renewable Energy Advanced Research Center, AIST.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Testified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testified. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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