as in confirming
serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something
failed to produce any verifying evidence
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as in arguing
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of
the dispatcher was able to verify the caller's location
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Recent Examples of verifying
Quinn Scanlan, ABC News, 14 June 2026
Never click suspicious links or provide personal information without independently verifying the source.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026
Officials said those protocols include verifying reports of a tornado before activating the city's warning system.
—Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Together, these findings suggest that Google’s AI tool may be cranking out millions of wrong answers daily, with few users verifying the information.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026
To maintain data security, the information would stay within each agency’s system, and state officials would run checks through the secure portal when verifying voter eligibility.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
While no clinical measles cases have been confirmed in the county, public health officials encouraged individuals to protect themselves by verifying their vaccination status before traveling or visiting crowded destinations.
—Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
The New York Times reported Saturday that Israel used white phosphorus in the Lebanese town of Nabatieh May 30 by verifying social media videos.
—Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 6 June 2026
If the next decade of frontier AI is trained on the public corpus of news, verifying news verifies the foundation.
—Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
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And there were huge gaps in the JCPOA and the Obama nuclear deal in terms of actually verifying.
—Quinn Scanlan, ABC News, 14 June 2026
Never click suspicious links or provide personal information without independently verifying the source.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026
Officials said those protocols include verifying reports of a tornado before activating the city's warning system.
—Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Together, these findings suggest that Google’s AI tool may be cranking out millions of wrong answers daily, with few users verifying the information.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026
To maintain data security, the information would stay within each agency’s system, and state officials would run checks through the secure portal when verifying voter eligibility.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
While no clinical measles cases have been confirmed in the county, public health officials encouraged individuals to protect themselves by verifying their vaccination status before traveling or visiting crowded destinations.
—Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
The New York Times reported Saturday that Israel used white phosphorus in the Lebanese town of Nabatieh May 30 by verifying social media videos.
—Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 6 June 2026
If the next decade of frontier AI is trained on the public corpus of news, verifying news verifies the foundation.
—Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verifying
Adjective
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The incredible supporting cast is made up entirely of old-hand character actors, promising but underknown newcomers, and comedy- or comedy-adjacent figures with passionate niche followings and Gumby-esque limbs.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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Some went after Cashman, some after Boone, some after Steinbrenner’s son Hal, and some after Aaron Judge’s non-supporting cast.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Realize that Social Security needs time to verify and update the new deposit details so don’t close the first account until confirming the second account is receiving the funds.—
Diane Omdahl,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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The hours-long delay in confirming the shooting, however, has raised questions from at least two state lawmakers.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Her care team was gently urging her to switch to supportive, closed-toe footwear.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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Her manager was supportive but company policy was less so.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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“Verifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verifying. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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