testified (to)

past tense of testify (to)
as in guaranteed
to declare (something) to be true or genuine that auction house will always testify to a painting's authenticity

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Verb
  • With Republicans already opposed to the deal, the unresolved back-and-forth virtually guaranteed the shutdown will drag on even longer.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The year before, the Dolphins chose not to compete with Denver’s offer for safety Brandon Jones (three years, $20 million, with $12 million guaranteed).
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The only other aircraft carrier in the world that has the EMALS system is the US Navy’s newest carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, which was certified for flight deck operations using the EMALS system in the spring of 2022.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Results won’t be officially certified for a few more days.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • More than a century into the debate about whether a corporation is a person, Stewart affirmed that a person can be a corporation—a public one, as of 1999, when shares of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia surged to almost two billion dollars in value.
    Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The European Council affirmed its intention to inject funds into Ukraine’s military and defense budget in early 2026, but the $163 billion loan intended to be financed by Russian accounts held in European financial institutions was scrapped — at least until December.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The large crowd on hand attested to his, well, authenticity.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
  • As Tuchel attested, England’s inclination to regain possession was as impressive as their work on the ball.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Podnieks himself witnessed his cameraman taking a fatal hit while the team were recording events on the streets of Riga in 1992.
    Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Investigators spoke with the children, and learned all three had witnessed their mother's murder.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • After submitting their pre-loved luxury pieces on a special landing page on the Mytheresa site, customers get a quotation on their items, which are then authenticated by the Vestiaire Collective team before an instant Mytheresa store credit is issued to sellers in return.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The Associated Press also reviewed — and authenticated — text exchanges between Lopez and the pilot.
    Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Testified (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testified%20%28to%29. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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