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attest

[uh-test] / əˈtɛst /


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He was, as history now appears to attest, dangling a carrot that he would never allow you to have.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 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

“She is a hardworking girl, I can attest to that,” Mrs. Murphy says.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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

Ms. Ackmann also attests to Ms. Parton’s traditional values.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 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

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

In court, lawyers for the department attested that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection rigorously adhered to this standard.

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 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

Today, she revels in ownership over the honor: “That was for me too and I recognize what my part in that was. I know I was put in this role for this,” she attested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

But other times, the children had known love and lost it, and as the boy himself had attested, that hole where love had once lived was immense.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

They consist of sworn statements from him, his alleged mother and an alleged family acquaintance attesting to his birth under the surname Chin in the house on Jackson Street.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026

The note was stamped with the school’s official seal, attesting that he was a full-time student and only thirteen years old.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane


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