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confirm

[kuhn-furm] / kənˈfɜrm /




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Police cannot yet confirm whether Lisa's death is considered murder.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

The league hasn’t announced its plans for shifting games outside of Illinois other than to confirm they aspire to do so.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Clinical trials will be necessary to confirm its effects in people, identify which patients might benefit, and determine safe and effective intake levels.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

The French industrial-gases company’s improvement in margins and amount of projects also confirm its investment case, the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

“The fact that you can hear him at all should confirm it,” Phillip said.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

“PCAC’s meeting confirms what we’ve said all along: Patients deserve a safe, regulated pathway for clinically needed therapies like these peptides through licensed compounding pharmacies. The alternative is access with no oversight at all.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Before Dodgers beat the Mariners, Andrew Friedman all but confirms the team would be in contact with the Tigers about Tarik Skubal.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

If future prospective research confirms the findings, diabetes prevention may need to become more personalized.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Israel itself is widely believed to have nuclear weapons, but it neither confirms nor denies that this is the case.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Jakob confirms my trunk is situated, and we board the overcrowded train.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

An international research team led by Hiroshima University confirmed the galactic accelerator after combining observations from three major observatories operating on Earth and in space.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

"Rescuers have also confirmed the presence of one additional body at a significantly higher elevation," he said in a statement.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

An Iranian diplomat confirmed Tehran had expressed openness to a proposal from mediators, though it wasn’t clear if Iran would ultimately agree to it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

The subsequent regulatory proceedings confirmed that Zeldin’s statement was false.

From Slate Aug. 2, 2026

Accurate down to the centimeter, the new instrument confirmed what the other measurements had said: day and night, the bulge steadily grew.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Tenisha’s complaint also seeks a declaration confirming the validity of her premarital agreement.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

However, confirming whether those planets have atmospheres has been one of the most difficult challenges in exoplanet research.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

South Kivu has now gone 49 consecutive days without confirming a new Ebola case, exceeding the disease’s maximum 42-day incubation period, the U.N. said this week.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

"The biggest worry was that they were going to suffocate in the smoke, but the smoke did carry over them," he said, confirming the animals had survived.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Then it was comforting to feel she was confirming what they already knew.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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