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attest

[uh-test] / əˈtɛst /


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As these letters attest, Hoschedé played an extraordinarily important role as muse, confidante and pillar of strength.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Money, as this column can attest to, makes that even more complicated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Past team-mates for club and country will queue up to attest to his character as a player and a person.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

The voting was absolutely free, as Aureliano himself was able to attest since he spent almost the entire day with his father-in-law seeing that no one voted more than once.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

Tavitian’s admiration for complexity and technical virtuosity is attested to by many extraordinarily detailed works.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

A large, gestural 1972 painting attested to a road not taken, while records of his sojourns in Europe and Africa revealed the influence of architecture on abstract structure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

Today, she revels in ownership over the honor: “That was for me too and I recognize what my part in that was. I know I was put in this role for this,” she attested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

Imposing “an entirely new command structure,” she attested, would “wreak operational havoc within MPD,” “create tremendous risk for the public,” and “inevitably lead to delays and confusion.”

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025

From then on, I knew that there was a ritual to a street fight, bylaws and codes that, in their very need, attested to all the vulnerability of the black teenage bodies.

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

In the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, Congress said voters may register to vote by filling out a form and attesting under oath they are citizens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Even attesting to the Irish that they don’t do any of the banned trade would be a U.S. violation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

“Where we don’t have research, clinical trials, what we’ve got a ton of, is, shall we say, testimonials, patient affidavits, attesting to the wonders of the drug,” said Scott Brunner, the alliance’s chief executive officer.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026

The note was stamped with the school’s official seal, attesting that he was a full-time student and only thirteen years old.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane


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