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confirm

[kuhn-furm] / kənˈfɜrm /




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This would not mean "halting model training or technical progress, but ensuring companies take adequate time to align and safeguard their models, and for third party evaluators to confirm this".

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Yee expects the budget to confirm, rather than defer, planned energy-transition spendings.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Further research will be needed to confirm the results and determine why sugar-sweetened beverages might be associated with a greater risk of gastric cancer.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

But in 2023, Seoul's unification minister said that the government was "unable to confirm" the existence of the son.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Jack and Phillip both tried it as well, while May rolled her eyes at their need to confirm the obvious.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

The story mostly confirms what we already knew: Things aren’t going well.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

Rosales adores our pictures as much as we do, if not more, and “East of the River” confirms her boundless affection for the women whose likenesses and cultural contributions she’s devoted to preserving.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Legally, bosses are in the clear, confirms Tina Chander, partner and employment lawyer at Weightmans.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Equita SIM confirms its buy recommendation on the stock.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Recent scientific evidence, such as DNA testing, confirms that Jefferson or some male in his family fathered the children of Sally Hemings.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 21, there were 336 confirmed and probable cyclosporiasis cases in California, the state health department reported.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

The number of confirmed measles cases in the United States has reached more than 3,100 this year.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

Five others had been confirmed dead in the immediate wake of the fire.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

It confirmed capital spending plans that have unnerved some investors and contributed to a lowering of its credit rating.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Mary Todd Lincoln burst into the room, and the bright gaslight confirmed to her that this was not a nightmare as she hoped it was—this was real.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

"Currently, we are focused on the retrieval, and after that we will proceed with the investigation," she said, confirming the bodies had been found in the ship's economy accommodation area.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

“Last week’s payroll numbers were stronger than expected, confirming markets’ hawkish bias for the upcoming Fed meeting,” ING senior rates strategists Benjamin Schroeder and Michiel Tukker say in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

In both cases, Bu had falsely claimed he had contacted the missing persons and then prematurely closed their cases without confirming their whereabouts and safety.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Hom also leads precursor observing programs with ground-based telescopes, work that is essential for confirming which targets should be selected for future Roman science programs.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

He gave Alec a confirming look, grabbed the handle and jerked it open.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner




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