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The exact number of crew members could not be ascertained but the source added it could be between six and eight people.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

We drove alongside some of the vehicles, peered in windows, and ascertained it was nothing.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

By applying cenotectic physics to known conditions on various distant worlds, the researchers ascertained how water on these icy distant bodies could remain liquid enough to sustain life.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2025

Norfolk Police said the cause of death could not be ascertained from the post-mortem examination on Thursday.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

And with the sugar-phosphate backbone placed on the outside, and the general parameters of the measurements ascertained, the model builders could begin the most exacting phase of model building.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee