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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  • In the first decisive victory of this tournament’s knockout stage, France dominated Sweden Tuesday with a 3-0 win that guaranteed the French another match this week.
    Doha Madani, NBC news, 1 July 2026
  • While not every space rock is guaranteed to pose a real threat, scientists say looking for them is the first step.
    Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 30 June 2026
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  • Ouachita County sheriff's office Chief Deputy Larry McMahen said Truelove is a former auxiliary officer with the sheriff's office but had not been certified as an auxiliary officer in quite some time.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 June 2026
  • The visitors' center is LEED Gold-certified for green energy, Dillard says, and geothermal systems have been installed in other buildings for temperature control.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
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  • The Supreme Court considered the meaning of the clause in a landmark case in 1898 and affirmed the rule of citizenship by birth, with rare exceptions for the children of foreign diplomats, occupying armies and members of Native American tribes.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Ultimately, the appeals court affirmed the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction to Hecox, but vacated the injunction applied to the rest of the state.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 30 June 2026
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  • If the underlying model behind an agent can be identified and attested, then trust no longer has to rest on the interface alone.
    Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • But, of course, as some of you may be thinking, nothing causes more pain than the desire for pleasure—a fact attested to by countless love songs and religious texts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
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  • Like the families of other survivors, Dennis Dahmer’s family has witnessed the methodical dismantling of the Voting Rights Act.
    Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Scientists can draw on it to identify and study 100,000 exoplanets, hundreds of millions of galaxies, billions of stars, and rare objects and phenomena — including some that astronomers have never witnessed before.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
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  • Everything is authenticated through their hub.
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
  • Valued at up to $17 million, the painting has not yet been publicly identified but is reported by French newspaper Le Parisien to have been authenticated as belonging to a 1937 series of portraits the artist made of his French model and lover Marie-Thérèse Walter.
    News Desk, Artforum, 22 June 2026
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“Testified (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testified%20%28to%29. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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