ascertained
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A third person whose injuries had yet to be ascertained was in the process of being brought to hospital.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Officials say their cause of death will be ascertained after a post-mortem examination.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Further tests were done by a pathologist and forensic anthropologist, but a cause of death could not be ascertained.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
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
Early researchers' figures were, to put it mildly, informally ascertained.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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