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Recent Examples of testifies
Josh Grossman testifies during Kouri Richins' trial.
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Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 May 2026
OpenAI board unanimously voted to reject Musk’s bid to acquire OpenAI last year, chair Bret Taylor testifies.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 12 May 2026
During the long-in-coming 2018 trial that forms the spine of Our Land, a surveyor testifies on behalf of the defendants, claiming ignorance about the proximity of the Chuschagastan compound.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Dern plays Monsanto’s chief toxicologist, who testifies during the trial that Roundup is safe.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
Horner’s former pastor testifies Gary, a lead pastor at Horner’s church, is testifying.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
Civic spending in all but eight states testifies to the fact that the Lost Cause fantasy was not an aberration or an abomination, but the reality across the country.
—Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
And Starmer will face further challenges on Tuesday when Robbins testifies in front of a parliamentary committee.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
The light that falls from the left, through half-open windows, onto Vermeer’s walls, some of them bare, testifies not so much to an overcast Dutch day as to a suffusion of grace.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 May 2026
OpenAI board unanimously voted to reject Musk’s bid to acquire OpenAI last year, chair Bret Taylor testifies.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 12 May 2026
During the long-in-coming 2018 trial that forms the spine of Our Land, a surveyor testifies on behalf of the defendants, claiming ignorance about the proximity of the Chuschagastan compound.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Dern plays Monsanto’s chief toxicologist, who testifies during the trial that Roundup is safe.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
Horner’s former pastor testifies Gary, a lead pastor at Horner’s church, is testifying.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
Civic spending in all but eight states testifies to the fact that the Lost Cause fantasy was not an aberration or an abomination, but the reality across the country.
—Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
And Starmer will face further challenges on Tuesday when Robbins testifies in front of a parliamentary committee.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
The light that falls from the left, through half-open windows, onto Vermeer’s walls, some of them bare, testifies not so much to an overcast Dutch day as to a suffusion of grace.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for testifies
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Club Kid is funny, and filled with deft jokes, but there’s a stylistic exuberance to it that attests to how Firstman wasn’t just thinking in terms of verbal punchlines.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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The runaway success of the Toyota Prius in 2004-2008 attests to this.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Why fill with swears a show that might otherwise have been appointment viewing for the whole family?—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
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But in the early days of the Maniacs, everyone swears that Merchant was a shrieking dervish during shows, exorcising her teenage demons on the stage of every bar in the Rust Belt.—
Dan Kois,
Pitchfork,
17 May 2026
Verb
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Art witnesses a flock of crows suddenly dash themselves into the ground in the surrounding desert for no apparent reason.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 May 2026
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In the new crime drama, Gisela plays Etta Tiger Jonze, a twentysomething who witnesses her family get murdered by one of the biggest drug cartels in Miami and sets out to avenge their deaths.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
Verb
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This program verifies magnet performance before the parts are locked into the main reactor.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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The agency said the State Brand Inspector, which verifies livestock ownership through brands, and multiple county sheriff’s offices are investigating incidents of cattle shot and killed in Jerome and Gooding counties.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
29 May 2026
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