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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But unlike the pension, it is not guaranteed to last for the rest of her life.

— Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 20 July 2026
The measure, which requires majority approval, is also far from guaranteed to win over voters.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 19 July 2026

Definition of guarantee

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These links must themselves be certified using further Bell tests before the gate-verification process can proceed.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
According to a July 3 letter obtained by The Sacramento Bee, the city still needed to complete required rezoning, adopt the housing element and submit both to HCD before the department could certify the plan.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of certify

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Their fundamentalist, literal understanding of the Bible is one that drives them to take bigger, bolder actions to affirm their belief that the United States is a Christian nation.

— Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
On July 17, at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China President Xi Jinping affirmed that the country will remain committed to releasing models on an open-source basis.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 17 July 2026

Definition of affirm

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That comment was relayed to our senior writer Zack Rosenblatt, who attested to Banjo’s ability entering the young coordinator’s second season on the job.

— Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Cadman pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy against rights and attesting to a false tax return and is awaiting sentencing.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

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