as in proofs
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 verifications
The campaign came to that conclusion after obtaining copies of local election officials’ verifications of the more than 300,000 signatures the campaign turned in last December.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
Texas identified 2,724 potential noncitizens who were registered to vote in the state after conducting citizenship verifications last October.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Following those verifications, the NRA issued its test-use approval early Wednesday afternoon, clearing the way for TEPCO to begin withdrawing control rods and initiating the nuclear reaction later in the day, Reuters reported.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
Since then, official figures, opposition tallies and independent verifications have diverged sharply.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
The nonprofits check providers’ enrollment with their licensed capacity, review thousands of monthly attendance sheets, validate signatures and verifications of employment and eligibility and compare providers’ rate sheets to invoices, among other things, McDougal said.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
There are no penalties in place for users or their families, but everyone in Australia who wants to use social media could have to submit to a fairly onerous series of age verifications—for instance, uploading a video selfie that will be analyzed by artificial intelligence.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
Leng said the Fujian features many pieces of equipment and technologies being used practically for the first time, and the warship will continue tests and verifications while simultaneously conducting training exercises to strengthen its combat capabilities.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
The plan states that during the shutdown, several services will be halted, including benefit verifications, earning record corrections, payee accountings, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, replacement Medicare cards and overpayments processing.
—Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
Texas identified 2,724 potential noncitizens who were registered to vote in the state after conducting citizenship verifications last October.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Following those verifications, the NRA issued its test-use approval early Wednesday afternoon, clearing the way for TEPCO to begin withdrawing control rods and initiating the nuclear reaction later in the day, Reuters reported.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
Since then, official figures, opposition tallies and independent verifications have diverged sharply.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
The nonprofits check providers’ enrollment with their licensed capacity, review thousands of monthly attendance sheets, validate signatures and verifications of employment and eligibility and compare providers’ rate sheets to invoices, among other things, McDougal said.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
There are no penalties in place for users or their families, but everyone in Australia who wants to use social media could have to submit to a fairly onerous series of age verifications—for instance, uploading a video selfie that will be analyzed by artificial intelligence.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
Leng said the Fujian features many pieces of equipment and technologies being used practically for the first time, and the warship will continue tests and verifications while simultaneously conducting training exercises to strengthen its combat capabilities.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
The plan states that during the shutdown, several services will be halted, including benefit verifications, earning record corrections, payee accountings, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, replacement Medicare cards and overpayments processing.
—Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verifications
Noun
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Computer programs that check mathematical arguments, such as proofs, have existed for decades.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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The route to durable faith in God often runs not through logical proofs or the sciences, but through awe, wonder, and an attunement to the beauty and poetry of the world, natural and otherwise.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This means making these confirmations more rapidly and confidently is a major challenge that astronomers are eager to ease.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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QuickBooks will retain employee records, time cards, pay stubs, W-4s, tax returns and deposit confirmations.—
Kat Boogaard,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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An avid field recordist, Kamaru has spoken of running his documentations of his surroundings—buses and bustling markets in Nairobi, sirens and birdsong in Berlin—through various types of digital processing, stretching and mulching and interweaving them with synths until the humdrum becomes musical.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
21 Feb. 2026
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Last October, the cemetery was vandalized with historical documentations and markers as well as plaques with poems being removed and torn down.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Verifications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verifications. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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