ascertained
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We drove alongside some of the vehicles, peered in windows, and ascertained it was nothing.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025
However, Mr Brookes said it was unclear how the Turkish police ascertained he had been driving at speed.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2025
Some of those things can be ascertained through survey research.
From Salon • May 5, 2024
The identity of the victim - thought to be a white man in his 40s who had been dead for several days - has still not been ascertained, despite a scan of DNA databases.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2024
Early researchers' figures were, to put it mildly, informally ascertained.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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