testifying

verb

present participle of testify
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 Her claim was immediately disputed, debunked, de-debunked, de3-bunked, and ultimately litigated, with experts and expert neural networks testifying and offering evidence on all sides. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 Reddington, who’s been openly critical of the prosecution’s expert witnesses, might seek to bar them from testifying again. — Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 Bannick, a member of the skinhead gang known as Public Enemy Number One, or PENI, ended up testifying for the prosecution. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026 Kirk Heilbrun, a forensic psychologist who evaluated Clancy in April, concluded his testimony Tuesday, testifying that Clancy was suffering from a form of bipolar disorder, but could still appreciate that killing her children was wrong. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 That left Anthony unsure whether testifying would allow prosecutors to introduce character evidence the agreement was meant to keep out. — Greg Wehner , Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2026 The Institute assists some 2,700 museums, libraries, and archival organizations, and, in this case, assisted the Ontario Provincial Police, exposing fakes and ultimately testifying for the prosecution in the trial of one of the fraudsters. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Kozak, a senior official in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere affairs, was testifying at a hearing on Haiti. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Former Portage County Sheriff Ken Howe, now 83, will be among a long line of witnesses testifying on Noling's behalf at Tuesday's hearing. — CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for testifying
  1. attesting
  2. swearing
  3. witnessing
  4. verifying
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  • Some lenders use standard factors by industry; others will accept a letter from a CPA attesting to the business’s actual expense ratio, which can meaningfully improve the income calculation for a lean operation.
    — Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The board's disagreement over the signature review came down, in part, to a partisan split over accepting late-arriving affidavits from voters attesting that the signatures rejected by elections staff were valid.
    — Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of attesting
Verb
  • After founding Jala in Florida five years ago, swearing it would not be a cookie-cutter Indian restaurant, Maax has decided to open a location in the KC metro.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Kito showed Becerra a picture of the then-congressman swearing him in as a neighborhood council president more than a decade ago.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of swearing
Verb
  • Ezra Acayan / Getty Images Children in Nuwakot and ​Rasuwa areas are increasingly showing signs of psychological distress after witnessing the fury of the flood last week, international charity Save the Children said in a statement.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The most rewarding part has been witnessing the power of Manoj and Boman – two giants of cinema – working together for the first time in this film.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of witnessing
Verb
  • From a security standpoint, verifying political senders can help make impersonation harder.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The report also alleges the agency has set up a policy for verifying ballot envelopes that could result in many voters not getting their ballots in time for the midterm election or at all.
    — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of verifying

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