ascertained

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Further tests were done by a pathologist and forensic anthropologist, but a cause of death could not be ascertained.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

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

From Slate • Oct. 27, 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

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

On inquiring further, I ascertained that the house had been a very small one in which he had been the only full-time employee.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro