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substantiate

[suhb-stan-shee-eyt] / səbˈstæn ʃiˌeɪt /


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Through these chart reviews, the DOJ alleges, Aetna identified opportunities for additional payments from the Medicare agency, yet ignored the results when the chart reviews didn’t substantiate codes Aetna had already submitted to the agency.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

The education website The 74 reported that during the bankruptcy hearing, Toby Jackson, AllHere’s former chief technology officer, said he had no invoices to substantiate the debt.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

A Cabinet Office source said: "The fact that selective excerpts are now being resurfaced, almost a decade on, to substantiate vexatious anonymous briefings from disgruntled individuals is frankly unconscionable."

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

It is not much more than a piece of paper generated in a self-serving way by ICE, free of review to substantiate what is stated in it.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

According to Thorne, "he did not understand the laws of physics well enough to be able to substantiate his ideas."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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