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 OpenAI board unanimously voted to reject Musk’s bid to acquire OpenAI last year, chair Bret Taylor testifies. —

Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 12 May 2026 Personal chef Mila Adams testifies Adams was the first witness called to the stand after opening statements. —

Matt Schooley, CBS News, 4 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

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The fellowship, Green attests, is a response to the need for developmentally appropriate teaching material, particularly in early education, around race, identity, and history.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
The fellowship, Green attests, is a response to the need for developmentally appropriate teaching material, particularly in early education, around race, identity, and history.

— Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026