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 Mothers Griselda Ramirez and Emilia Fuentes both testified to the city council about the renovations. —

Mariana Navarrete Villegas, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026 David Garms testified that Longet insisted the shooting was an accident. —

Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026 The former aspiring actress testified Weinstein raped her at a DoubleTree hotel in Manhattan in 2013. —

Chloee Weiner, NPR, 15 May 2026 Testasecca testified during Wilson's trial When Wilson made it to trial, his dad took the stand in June 2024 and testified that his son showed no remorse after confessing to the murders over the phone, per Court TV. —

Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 In January 2004, Busby suffocated Laura Lee Crane with 36 feet of two brands of tape, the pathologist who performed her autopsy testified at Busby’s capital murder trial in Tarrant County. —

Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026 Smith has testified that Big Jook put out a $100,000 hit on Young Dolph as well as smaller bounties on all the artists at Young Dolph’s record label, Paper Route Empire. —

ABC News, 15 May 2026 During the trial, Mann testified that Weinstein raped her in 2013 at a Manhattan hotel. —

Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026 The jury’s decision followed a week-long trial in California, during which makeup artist Allie Shehorn testified about the night Pasqual, her ex-boyfriend, nearly killed her. —

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026

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Then-Vice President Harris swore Bass into office in 2022.

— Austin Turner, CBS News, 4 May 2026
And the body that sold stories like Chambliss’s for years, who swore compensating players would cheapen the game, is the only entity who wants his story to end.

— Bomani Jones, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026