be sure about
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However, others have argued that more comprehensive testing is required to be sure about an individual-s genetic makeup, which would raise concerns over cost and invasiveness.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2024
And although Southern and Northern hemisphere populations of marine mammals don’t have much, if any contact, Johnson said the world is changing so quickly, we can’t really be sure about anything.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2024
“The only thing we can be sure about is that when we drink coffee, there is more going on in our brain than just the effect of caffeine,” Picó-Pérez wrote to me.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2024
Did they say that, actually, there’s nothing scientists can be sure about, and that reality is only as real as we make it out to be?
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2023
“I can’t be sure about that,” Ellsberg said.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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