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verb

past tense of verify

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Recent Examples of verified
Adjective
On the other hand, three of the papers have already been withdrawn after experts uncovered a significant error, causing some to question the more than half of the proofs that aren’t yet Lean-verified.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 McKinsey has cited a life sciences company with about $4 billion in annual R&D procurement spend that ran an AI review covering roughly 10% of that spend and found 4% in verified leakage, more than $10 million. — Shaz Khan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 In real life, there is no verified record that Murray’s team diagnosed Kaczynski with schizophrenia, much less told him so at Harvard. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026 The larger lesson involves how criminals can borrow credibility from verified accounts and familiar companies to get people to lower their guard. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Suppliers that meet verified sustainability KPIs also qualify for lower interest rates, freeing up cash flow for high-cost decarbonization projects. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026 The arrest came just hours after prosecutors filed a verified application asking the court to issue a warrant and modify Morphew's bond. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 There is, however, no verified evidence of Agee on an NFL roster. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026 The wall of ice, water and debris that descended from the mountains on the frontier between Nepal and Tibet caused destruction at least 62 miles downriver into Nepal, an ABC News analysis of verified video and satellite images shows. — David Brennan, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
The claim that Ukraine has halted its strikes on energy sites could not be independently verified, but neither Russian officials nor media have reported Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries since the energy truce was announced. — Hanna Arhirova, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026 The account was verified and had the handle @miagoth_, but the Pearl and Maxxine actress famously does not use social media and has never had a public Instagram account. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026 As synthetic media makes convincing fake executives, statements and brand content easier to create, communicators must understand how content is verified and build authenticity into crisis communications, executive channels and brand content. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The election commission insists the purging of electoral rolls was to remove voters who have died, moved, or cannot otherwise be verified, and that those impacted can apply to be re-enrolled. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026 The company said the implementation was formally verified using Lean, a system for checking mathematical proofs. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026 But many of the results have already been verified in Lean—a programming language that validates a proof’s logic—and are therefore all but certain to be correct. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026 The commitment will be tracked and verified by nature restoration tech platform Veritree. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 The reporter independently reported and verified the factual claims in this article, and a human editor reviewed it before publication. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verified
Adjective
  • Harford County residents on alert 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
  • The Ebola outbreak centered in the eastern Ituri province is the fastest-growing in the disease’s history and remains out of control with 5,713 confirmed cases, including 2,744 deaths, according to Congolese health authorities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Everyone is excited for the vacation, except for Shannon and Carmella, who both have valid reasons.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The effective date and status listed in the state’s record are the relevant information for determining whether a license is currently valid; RideKC transit may be available as a transportation option while that status is being confirmed.
    — Karen Koehler, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The third is the durability of the DASH diet as a validated model.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026
  • For patients and caregivers, the takeaway from cardiologists is to treat these devices as an interesting window into your patterns, not as a replacement for a validated cuff at your doctor’s office.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • In new guidance, the American Academy of Pediatrics says unpasteurized dairy is unsafe and offers no proven health benefits.
    — Kathleen Felton, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026
  • This page has long supported home ownership as a proven way to build wealth and security.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • This latest round of funding supports an exciting range of projects from emerging creatives forging new paths to established voices exploring new creative territory.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Then, after weeks of sit-ins and marches, Dharmendra Pradhan, the education minister, stepped down, a rare blow to Modi’s government, and one that more established opposition parties had been unable to land.
    — Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Even though the narrative is sci-fi/horror-oriented, and participants are promised an actual alien encounter.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The actual counting process proved to be a complex challenge.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 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
  • From Saint Laurent’s opulent designs to Chanel’s beautiful beaded pieces, there was a real sense that more is more, with color featuring prominently across collections.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • There’s a real opportunity in the fourth episode to do something fun, or at least interesting, when Tyson convinces Russ to join him in smoking hallucinatory toad venom, but no flair or flourishes emerge.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026

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“Verified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verified. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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