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affirm

[uh-furm] / əˈfɜrm /


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But there is another kind of urgency: If her capacity continues to decline, some of these “workaround windows” that require her to appear in person or affirm her own wishes will eventually close entirely.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

The framework begins as follows: “Israel and Lebanon affirm the right of each state to exist in peace, and their mutual desire to live in security as neighboring sovereign states.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Advocates are beating back policies that make it a crime to be homeless and fighting to affirm the rights of their homeless neighbors.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2026

Israel and Lebanon, with US support, "affirm their shared goal of achieving lasting peace and security," the agreement begins.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

It has now been thinned and I am testing it here to affirm that it is acceptable for writing.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Goldman Sachs affirms its expectations that the Treasury will begin increasing coupon auction sizes from May 2027, with eventual auction-size increases limited to two- to seven-year maturities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Pixar affirms this by incorporating a Totoro cameo into “Toy Story 3.”

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

A settlement announced this week now affirms that private immigrant detention facilities are subject to California’s workplace safety and health requirements.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Caroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, said in a statement that the Supreme Court's decision "affirms once and for all the jury's unanimous verdict that President Donald J Trump sexually assaulted and defamed E Jean Carroll".

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

At the same time the sacrament of the Mass affirms ‘the perpetual contemporaneity of The Passion’ and celebrates the ‘marriage of time present with time past’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Circuit Court affirmed his decision by a 2-1 vote.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

The settlement affirmed that immigrants who perform work while detained are considered employees.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

An appellate court affirmed that ruling the next year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Looking ahead, the company expects third-quarter EPS of $2 to $2.50, compared with the current FactSet consensus of $2.03, and affirmed its full-year EPS guidance range of $6.50 to $7.50.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

He had affirmed my place in the order of things.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Delaware County, Pa., in suburban Philadelphia, already has taken such a step — adding prediction markets to an oath poll workers already were required to sign affirming that they have not wagered on the election.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

President George W. Bush aligned the executive branch with Congress in affirming the modernization of the GAO as a legislative agency.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Ali Munshi said she recognizes her daughter’s success as a natural outcome of her family and community affirming and encouraging her from an early age.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

The US Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to fire a governor of the US central bank, in a ruling seen as affirming the Federal Reserve's independence.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

"Oh, yes, ma'am. I'd love to come over and listen," I'd always say, affirming that I understood what to do when I arrived.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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