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attest

[uh-test] / əˈtɛst /


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None of this is bad on its own, as millions of Sims fans can attest.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

Tens of thousands of comments on BookTok, a popular book community on TikTok, attest to the popularity of one of Russia's greatest novelists with the social media generation.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

Alexander said California law requires registering voters to prove and attest to their identity and has multiple verification measures to ensure people casting ballots are who they say they are.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

“Now I can attest to that as fact!”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

“As my guards can attest, I was here the entire night. Though if the king wants me questioned, I can always tell him that you can vouch for me, too.”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Shew said he’s only supposed to be given registrations to process if the would-be voter attests they are a U.S. citizen, as federal law requires.

From Salon May 14, 2026

"Belen Garijo's brilliant international career attests to her strategic vision and her ability to drive profound and value-creating transformations," board chairman Frederic Oudea said in a statement.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

This anthology of verse from its pages attests to the excellent judgment of its previous editors and to that of Walt Hunter, the Atlantic’s current poetry editor, himself a distinguished poet-critic.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

A total of 53 crosses attests to that.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2025

Gorgias’s brother Herodicus is a doctor, and the former attests that when trying to persuade a patient to submit to a course of treatment, his oratory is far more effective than his brother’s medical expertise.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

De Kooning’s refusal to settle for a single approach is attested to by a series of cartoon-like standing figures, repeated by means of transfer techniques, that recalls those earlier efforts at illustration.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Greenspan, in a 1985 letter to regulators and in testimony to Congress, attested to Lincoln’s financial strength and the prudence of its lending program.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

In court, lawyers for the department attested that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection rigorously adhered to this standard.

From Slate Feb. 18, 2026

The two have not talked since the report was published Wednesday, but that’s not out of the ordinary, James attested.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 23, 2026

As for Chinese writing, first attested around 1300 B.C. but with possible earlier precursors, it too has unique local signs and some unique principles, and most scholars assume that it evolved independently.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

A medical letter attesting to your mother’s health might help.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

"Then, the video attesting to the truth would be shown," she says.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

Cash transactions are banned, and businesses must obtain signed affidavits from sellers attesting where the metal was obtained and keep copies of photo IDs and license-plate numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

Just seven weeks later, he got another mortgage for a seven-bedroom, marble-floored neighboring property, attesting that it too would be his principal residence.

From Salon Dec. 8, 2025

Kamen reached out to Lawrence for a deposition attesting to his loyalty, of which Lawrence in fact had no doubt.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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