VERIFICATION Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

verification

noun

Definition of verification

as in proof

the act or process of showing that something is true, real, or accurate She asked for verification of his identity.

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Recent Examples of verification Remember, Apple says its threat notifications will never ask for your password or verification code. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Such biometric age checks have proved controversial, unpopular with users, and alarming to privacy advocates, who see even the latest age verification tools as flawed. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 The company must also submit verification that the homes meet those standards post construction, too. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 The program will also include hydrogen-flow verification, water mass measurements, continuous monitoring and thermal inspections. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for verification

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There are a number of other businesses that may be AI-proof or even benefit from its growth, such as electric utilities, said Victor Matheson, an economics professor at the College of the Holy Cross and an expert in sports business.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
The first term may make the second plausible, compatible or even probable, but plausibility is not identity, compatibility is not implication, probability is not necessity, and similarity of appearance is not proof of sameness of nature.

— Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of proof

Noun

Communities that did receive confirmation for salt from CMS include Barrington, which also received bids through Lake County.

— Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
Much of finance still depends on institutions keeping separate records and then checking those against one another, yet every confirmation, reconciliation and manual update creates another seam.

— Federico Sendra, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of confirmation

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Investigators determined that multiple RVs may have been sold at Carson Pass RV in Lockeford without proper notification to their rightful owners and without completing the required Department of Motor Vehicles documentation.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Miller said that some judges want to see documentation of all a client’s assets, while some take public defenders at their word.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of documentation

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Dillman and his coconspirator used the funds to pay themselves and to make risky and speculative investments in other cryptocurrency ventures, authorities said, citing other evidence presented at the trial.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
The petition for a new trial argues the original accounts were more consistent with the evidence.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

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