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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

It read: I, by signing below, hereby attest to the fact that I can neither read nor write.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

This anthology of verse from its pages attests to the excellent judgment of its previous editors and to that of Walt Hunter, the Atlantic’s current poetry editor, himself a distinguished poet-critic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

Stopping fights is a full-time a job, and Steve’s chummy de-escalation style attests to how much he cares.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 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

Tavitian’s admiration for complexity and technical virtuosity is attested to by many extraordinarily detailed works.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

In letters to the court, family and friends, including Perla Hudson, the ex-wife of musician Slash, attested to Sangha’s character.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 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

None of those uses of the wheel was adopted in the Americas, where wheels are attested only in Mexican ceramic toys.

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

The group sent a letter Monday to the Justice Department asking it to file court documents attesting to the fund being dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Another tactic, several parents said: Seek out teachers who give their kid extra leeway with test time in class and have them write letters attesting to the student’s anxiety or other reason for special treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

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

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

Kamen reached out to Lawrence for a deposition attesting to his loyalty, of which Lawrence in fact had no doubt.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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