as in attesting
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 testifying
But, there seemed to be a slight disconnect between those testifying on Wednesday and the fans who live for college sports.
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Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
The jury found the use of a weapon in the robbery and the prevention or dissuasion of witnesses from testifying as aggravating factors to Wade’s robbery conviction.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
The Connecticut Apartment Association poured time and money into its opposition of the eviction reform bill, testifying publicly and funding communication campaigns against the measure.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
The news of Bondi’s diagnosis comes days before she’s expected to appear before the House Oversight Committee, testifying Friday as part of the committee’s broader investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged abuse.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Both Dominic's mom and brother Angelo ended up testifying in court about the couple's allegedly volatile relationship.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
This was Marwaha’s first time testifying before a legislative committee in Sacramento, but he’s been involved in other advocacy work, including sitting on the statewide board for the California Association of Student Councils under the Department of Education.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
As the public face of the agency and the leader of an agency with more than 22,000 employees, Venturella will not be shielded from testifying in Congress or answering to his own workforce.
—Philip Wang, Time, 18 May 2026
Roza — a woman testifying under her first name — was an aspiring model from Uzbekistan when Epstein abused her in 2009, after the plea deal and while he was supposed to be under house arrest.
—Claire Healy, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
The jury found the use of a weapon in the robbery and the prevention or dissuasion of witnesses from testifying as aggravating factors to Wade’s robbery conviction.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
The Connecticut Apartment Association poured time and money into its opposition of the eviction reform bill, testifying publicly and funding communication campaigns against the measure.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
The news of Bondi’s diagnosis comes days before she’s expected to appear before the House Oversight Committee, testifying Friday as part of the committee’s broader investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged abuse.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Both Dominic's mom and brother Angelo ended up testifying in court about the couple's allegedly volatile relationship.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
This was Marwaha’s first time testifying before a legislative committee in Sacramento, but he’s been involved in other advocacy work, including sitting on the statewide board for the California Association of Student Councils under the Department of Education.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
As the public face of the agency and the leader of an agency with more than 22,000 employees, Venturella will not be shielded from testifying in Congress or answering to his own workforce.
—Philip Wang, Time, 18 May 2026
Roza — a woman testifying under her first name — was an aspiring model from Uzbekistan when Epstein abused her in 2009, after the plea deal and while he was supposed to be under house arrest.
—Claire Healy, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for testifying
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The family staunchly defended Michael Jackson for more than 25 years, attesting to his innocence of inappropriate conduct.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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Some rappers have begun directly attesting to the fictional nature of their music.—
Maria Sherman,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Andrew has a long record of rudeness to staff, shouting and swearing at them and going against strict protocol rules over security.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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The Douglas County Sheriff's Office honored a Colorado veteran's decades of service and sacrifice by swearing him in as an honorary sheriff's deputy.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
25 May 2026
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Hall remembers being at a homegoing service for a youth lost to gun violence – witnessing a room filled with hurt, chaos, young people all over the place, Spencer came in like Casper, the Friendly Ghost – soothed the family and changed the temperature in the room without grabbing the mic.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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In this visual memoir directed by Hardison alongside Frédéric Tcheng, the Brooklyn native recounts her decades of witnessing fashion’s cultural conscience shift back and forth — and how her inner determination ultimately changed the modern-day modeling industry as a whole.—
Bianca Betancourt,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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If the next decade of frontier AI is trained on the public corpus of news, verifying news verifies the foundation.—
Alex Lazarow,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Two decades of breach dumps now sit between your parents and the systems still verifying them by date of birth, mailing address and the last four of a Social Security number.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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“Testifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testifying. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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