ascertained
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The three women's recorded cause of death is yet to be ascertained, the court was also told.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
We drove alongside some of the vehicles, peered in windows, and ascertained it was nothing.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025
She’s ascertained that she’s not a child and not an adult; not the sick little girl named Marcy who she used to be, nor her maker’s favorite.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025
Both Prieur and Mafart had been involved in planning the operation back in Paris—it was Prieur who had first ascertained the ship’s itinerary by calling Lloyd’s of London and posing as a journalist.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
When he’d ascertained that it was loaded he rolled his eyes wearily to the sky, moaning unhappily.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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