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attest

[uh-test] / əˈtɛst /


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Money, as this column can attest to, makes that even more complicated.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

Past team-mates for club and country will queue up to attest to his character as a player and a person.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

None of this is bad on its own, as millions of Sims fans can attest.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

Tens of thousands of comments on BookTok, a popular book community on TikTok, attest to the popularity of one of Russia's greatest novelists with the social media generation.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

I was lawyerly and also veered toward dictatorial, as my brother, who often got ordered out of our shared play area, would attest.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Shew said he’s only supposed to be given registrations to process if the would-be voter attests they are a U.S. citizen, as federal law requires.

From Salon May 14, 2026

"Belen Garijo's brilliant international career attests to her strategic vision and her ability to drive profound and value-creating transformations," board chairman Frederic Oudea said in a statement.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

But surely the passage attests to attitude, not practice, for could Marcus have really eschewed bodyguards?

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

"That recognition attests to the remarkable range and enduring impact of his work on both stage and screen," it said.

From BBC Nov. 30, 2025

Gorgias’s brother Herodicus is a doctor, and the former attests that when trying to persuade a patient to submit to a course of treatment, his oratory is far more effective than his brother’s medical expertise.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Greenspan, in a 1985 letter to regulators and in testimony to Congress, attested to Lincoln’s financial strength and the prudence of its lending program.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

The brilliance of “Point Blank” is attested to in the Criterion edition, which features, among other supplemental material, a fascinating commentary track with Mr. Boorman and Steven Soderbergh.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

She did all this, he continued, “while enjoying a lavish lifestyle in Los Angeles, as attested to by her frequent posting on her recently deleted Instagram account.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2026

A large, gestural 1972 painting attested to a road not taken, while records of his sojourns in Europe and Africa revealed the influence of architecture on abstract structure.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

As for Chinese writing, first attested around 1300 B.C. but with possible earlier precursors, it too has unique local signs and some unique principles, and most scholars assume that it evolved independently.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

A medical letter attesting to your mother’s health might help.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

"Then, the video attesting to the truth would be shown," she says.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

Cash transactions are banned, and businesses must obtain signed affidavits from sellers attesting where the metal was obtained and keep copies of photo IDs and license-plate numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

He showed me a text message from a senior producer attesting to that.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2026

Records attesting to his death were pullulating like insect eggs and verifying each other beyond all contendon.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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