Thesaurus results for TESTIFY (TO)

testify (to)

verb

Definition of testify (to)

as in to guarantee

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

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Of course, the Nasdaq-100 or a similar tech-heavy index, isn’t guaranteed to deliver 21% returns each year for a decade going forward.

— Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Keep in mind that monitoring services cannot guarantee prevention of identity theft or detect every form of medical fraud.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of guarantee

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Seats designed for impact ANH Structure will design, develop, certify and manufacture a common seating platform for Valo’s pilots, observers and passengers.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration told CBS News and Politico that the vehicle doesn’t meet its definition of an aircraft, meaning the agency wouldn’t need to certify it as airworthy.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of certify

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The Academy of Pediatrics says decisions about gender affirming care should be made by patients and physicians, not government mandates.

— Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
That’s because there’s no trustworthy result that voters are seeking to affirm.

— Christopher Miller, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of affirm

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In my disturbance—whether witnessed by a fellow cinema patron or a reader of this essay—I am exposed a second time.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The young people set fire to electric hire bikes and looted at least one shop, a CNN producer on the ground witnessed.

— Elina Baudier Kim, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of witness

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