Thesaurus results for TESTIFIES

testifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of testify

as in attests

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 testifies Witness testifies about helping Benjamin Song evade capture Later, the fourth cooperating witness testified. —

Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026 Bright streaks known as ejecta rays can be seen streaking away from young impact craters in Odendahl's photo, whose existence testifies to the incredible force unleashed in their creation. —

Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2026 The crispy, flavorful fry on her popular catfish testifies to those soulful connections. —

John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026 McFadden testifies in Raleigh On Monday, McFadden tesitified to lawmakers in Raleigh on jail deaths generally, as well as other topics. —

Ryan Oehrli february 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026 Department of Transportation Commissioner Russell McMurry testifies before a joint hearing of the House Transportation Committee and the Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee. —

Adam Beam, AJC.com, 28 Jan. 2026 The island nation’s state-of-the-art sprawl testifies to its ascent as a global financial hub, a place for oligarchs to shelter their wealth and speculate. —

Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 This back-and-forth struggle to dominate American institutions testifies to their surpassing value and to their insusceptibility to permanent subordination. —

Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 Thompson said he was told Noem would stay much later and lamented that FBI Director Kash Patel also did not attend a hearing where the director traditionally testifies. —

Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2025

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As Moyes attests, there are small improvements that can be made — at home and on the road — but the fact that Everton’s boss is disappointed with a loss against the champions-in-waiting shows how close his side was to providing the perfect away performance.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Still, 21 pages of notes in his book attests to the work Crawford put into the project over the course of a year.

— Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026