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verb

past tense of verify

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of verified
Adjective
Leaders celebrate faster artifact production while verified delivery slows. — Christophe Kolb, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 While the genre pic earned a 75 percent critics score, its mark among verified moviegoers climbed to 94 percent. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026 Season Ticket Members can list eligible tickets once and reach more potential buyers, while participating marketplaces gain access to more verified tickets. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2026 However, the distance and double-kill account should remain attributed claims, rather than being presented as an independently verified world record. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 Instead, review your original payment account or contact the retailer using a verified phone number. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Good Earth Cotton’s model currently represents around 60,000 metric tons of physically verified fiber—enough to produce around 300 million t-shirts. — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 An aunt identified the victim as Ka’Una Reed, 5, in a verified GoFundMe. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026 On the other hand, three of the papers have already been withdrawn after experts uncovered a significant error, causing some to question the more than half of the proofs that aren’t yet Lean-verified. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
The hackers' claims and the underlying dataset have not been independently verified in full. — Elsa Ohlen,matthew Tan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026 The data will be held to a higher standard and independently verified. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026 ASAs verified that the mail-in ballot had been requested and sent to the voter on time, weeks prior to Election Day. — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026 In a world where chatbots and agents easily answer most generic questions for free, the value of news organizations seeking payment from readers could be to provide a perspective that audiences know has been verified by a human being. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026 Video circulating on social media and verified by CNN shows damage to several floors of the Aramco building, with windows seen blown out. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026 As for the money, Mallett expects payments to go out in mid-December, once the list of eligible residents is verified. — Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026 The team verified their results by cutting open one coral species, Trachyphyllia geoffroyi, and taking high powered images of its interior. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2026 The company also says that data only leaves the glasses with your explicit consent, though its wider privacy and security claims haven’t yet been independently verified. — New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verified
Adjective
  • But there's no confirmed international launch either, so I wouldn't get carried away just yet.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The confirmed case inside an elementary school has some Harford County residents concerned about the presence of wildlife in the community.
    — Ashley Paul, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Unlike conventional speculative decoding, which checks generated tokens against a target model, VFlash can accept structurally valid visual predictions without requiring token-by-token agreement.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Californians have kept our end of that bargain, but insurance companies have broken their side of the promise by denying, delaying and underpaying valid claims and dropping coverage.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Report validated user workflows separately, with a name against the number.
    — Mudit Singh, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The results combine validated field-level data, scientific models and satellite monitoring.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Engineered for both land and ship platforms, the system complements the proven ASTER missile family, reinforcing integrated air and missile defense architectures to neutralize emerging hypersonic threats.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Hydraulics are a proven way to get muscle, but not the only one.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • How researchers tested model To examine this possibility, the team modified the established Kawano/NUC123 computer code, which simulates Big Bang nucleosynthesis.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The case highlights an intensifying battle over semiconductor know-how as Chinese chipmakers narrow the gap with established rivals, putting the race for top engineering talent increasingly at odds with efforts to protect trade secrets.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Clear procedures would improve relief for actual victims while requiring the OCR to substantiate its demands.
    — Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Authorities have described the more than two dozen threats as malicious hoaxes, and no actual attacks have been carried out.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Long-term national data has shown that states that have previously expanded access to SNAP benefits had reduced numbers of CPS investigations and substantiated reports of abuse and neglect, as well as fewer foster care placements.
    — Sandy Santana, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The changes extend inquiries to credible complaints and investigations, rather than limiting them to matters used to support a substantiated investigation.
    — Bryce Martin, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • That so-fake-it’s-real argument has underpinned many provocative artistic movements over the years.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
  • In short, this study showed how the material responds to mechanical force, temperature, and chemical changes, but its effectiveness in real propulsion systems remains to be established.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Verified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verified. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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