Thesaurus results for TESTIFIED

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 In May, the architect who remodeled the family’s country house testified that Adorni paid him $245,000 in cash. —

Javier Bastardo, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026 Lieutenant Thompson, a lead investigator with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), testified that authorities utilized speed metrics, GPS trackpoints, and a passenger seating chart to recreate the crash sequence. —

Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 13 June 2026 One witness testified Anthony was asked to leave roughly 15 times before the encounter escalated. —

Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026 Several students testified that Metcalf told Anthony multiple times to leave his team’s tent. —

Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2026 Montevidoni later testified that Rinderknecht also used ChatGPT to look for information about the home address and security protocols of DoorDash CEO Tony Xu. —

James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026 The Allmans broke up in 1976 after Gregg testified against the band’s road manager, Scooter Herring, who’d been arrested on drug charges. —

David Browne, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026 Thompson, who wrote in his final report on the crash in August 2023 that alcohol was not a factor, testified Friday that Pino showed no signs of impairment. —

David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026 Survivors of the shooting later testified that Pickens killed both victims then chased down and shot two others. —

Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 12 June 2026

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Sent to the minors the next spring training, Sweet told off his manager, Roger Craig, who swore that Sweet would never play for him again — and kept his word.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 June 2026
The lefty the brass swore was the bedrock of the future rotation.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 June 2026