Thesaurus results for TESTIFIES (TO)

testifies (to)

verb

present tense third-person singular of testify (to)

as in vouches (for)

to declare (something) to be true or genuine that auction house will always testify to a painting's authenticity

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Article 4 of the PRC constitution guarantees equality for all its 56 ethnic groups, though in reality the national vision hews to a Han Chinese orthodoxy, which avers a direct lineage from the early Yellow River basin tribes.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
The list is supposed to go out quarterly, a schedule that guarantees many charges stay off the radar for months — or even longer when the board fails to keep to its publication schedule.

— Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 8 July 2026

Definition of guarantees

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Today's ruling affirms a principle that has underpinned sound economic stewardship for generations.

— Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 June 2026
Ending the show with one final jump affirms that there’s no future in which the Landry family is done with time traveling, despite the trauma and heartache the pond has delivered with its gift.

— Megan Vick, Variety, 22 June 2026

Definition of affirms

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The drone business boom Last year, Thunder Tiger’s Overkill drones became the first from an Asian company to qualify for the Pentagon’s Blue Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Cleared List, which certifies commercial drones for use by the US military.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 18 June 2026
If Hoskins certifies the referendum, the court said, the map would be retroactively suspended.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026

Definition of certifies

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As the unfolding case of the Smithsonian attests, museum leaders occupy a pivotal position in American public life, balancing obligations to historical truth, institutional stakeholders, and the communities whose record they are entrusted to keep.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
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

Definition of attests

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As supporters and protesters clash, Cartman travels back to 1776, witnesses the independence debate and finds parallels to the present.

— Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
As supporters and protesters clash, Cartman travels back to 1776, witnesses the independence debate and finds parallels to the present.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

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