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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Verb
  • And yet, the arc of history is not guaranteed to bend toward justice.
    Jack Hill, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
  • That would guarantee home field advantage for regional and super regional rounds for the team that leads college baseball with 32 home victories.
    Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2025
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  • Hours earned during the pre-apprenticeship program can be transferred over to the apprenticeship program, Apprenticeship Coordinator Kimberly Moore said, adding that the program is certified by the state through the Office of Skills Development.
    Lena Miano, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
  • Sadly, no sign of appeal The First District refused to rehear its decision by all 13 members of the court but certified two key questions to the Supreme Court.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • But all eyes are likely to be on A$AP Rocky, who’s done some scattered acting before, but who appears in his biggest role to date as Yung Felon, a part whose place in the story has yet to be revealed, but that’s been affirmed by Lee to be a major one.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 13 May 2025
  • The new pope’s brother had to resolve an online dispute by affirming Leo is a fan of the South Side’s Chicago White Sox and not the North Side’s Cubs.
    Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
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  • The announcements from the United States and China at Davos, followed by Europe’s response at the Paris AI Action Summit, attest to that.
    Sylvain Duranton, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Even so, that dimmer wattage does little to dull a film that plays like cine-karaoke — and as any mic fiend can attest, the glory in those moments belongs not to the singer, but the song.
    Ben Croll, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
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  • In Um Bada, an area recently retaken by the Sudanese army that's close to Khartoum, NPR witnessed six blindfolded young men under arrest, walking single file into a residence where the army was based.
    Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 16 May 2025
  • These experts have also witnessed couples grow stronger through the process.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 16 May 2025
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“Testify (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testify%20%28to%29. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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