as in to swear
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 testify Bera, a former Sacramento County chief medical officer, had a clear message as Kennedy spent his day testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, where he was grilled hard by both Republicans and Democrats. David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025 Google Search queries in Safari declined for the first time in 22 years, likely due to GenAI chatbots, Apple’s Eddy Cue testified. Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Those who knew him best testified to the depth of that mission. Jasmine Baehr , Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Last week, several parents testified in support of the bill, telling lawmakers about their precious daughters. Nicole Russell, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for testify
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  • Amazon is overflowing with fashion deals this week — including a pair of stylish sneakers that shoppers with wide feet swear by.
    Isabel Garcia, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Many societies in the past have linked swearing to blasphemy or sin.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • In Antarctica, research stations like McMurdo will also witness a dramatic partial eclipse.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • If the marathons of New York and London showcase splendour and establishment and magnificence and size and place, then the Great North Run offers something else; to complete it, to witness it, is to understand its pull.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • The Brickell Run Club can attest to the heat island effect.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • After having this bed in her home for the last eight years, contributor Yelena Moroz Alpert can attest that the features Mafi noted are true.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • The news organizations verified the data, including by soliciting input from professors at universities in Texas.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
  • At one point during the hearing, the Health secretary claimed that Black boys who receive the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine have a higher risk of autism, which has never been verified by scientists.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Testify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testify. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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