testifying (to)

present participle of testify (to)
as in guaranteeing
to declare (something) to be true or genuine that auction house will always testify to a painting's authenticity

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  • Each party blocked the other’s stopgap proposal, guaranteeing a shutdown, the first since 2019.
    Joshua Sammons, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The exhibition gives viewers a chance to see not only the original Constitution when it was ratified but also the amendments that have revised it over time, notably by guaranteeing Black men and then all women the right to vote.
    New York Times, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • What’s at stake for kids The case comes months after the high court ruled in June that states can ban gender affirming care for minors.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Briefs filed by those endorsing conversion therapy rely heavily on the Cass Review, a study commissioned by the Britain's state-run National Health Service, which found just last year that there was insufficient evidence to justify transgender affirming care for minors.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • As part of that effort, OpenAI is partnering with corporate giants like Walmart and John Deere, with a goal of certifying 10 million Americans by 2030.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In a further sign of growing Sino-Nigerian relations, Abuja is considering certifying China’s C919 commercial jet for use, Bloomberg reported.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • This includes employers attesting, via the Department of Labor, that a prospective H-1B worker won’t affect wages and labor conditions of similar American workers, USCIS said.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This includes employers attesting, via the Department of Labor, that a prospective H-1B worker won’t affect wages and labor conditions of similar American workers, USCIS said.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
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  • Zero-trust approaches aim to manage this sprawl by authenticating every request in real-time, regardless of its origin.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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  • Several South Shore residents reported witnessing federal immigration agents forcibly removing unclothed children from apartments during the pre-dawn raid in Chicago.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Think children of the ’90s would have enjoyed witnessing that in Pittsburgh?
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Testifying (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testifying%20%28to%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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