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affirms

VERB

declare the truth of something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assert confirm declare guarantee insist maintain profess ratify repeat

STRONG

asseverate attest aver avouch avow certify cinch clinch ice okay predicate pronounce set state swear testify vouch witness

WEAK

cross heart have a lock on lock up nail down put on ice rubber-stamp say so swear on bible swear up and down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny forget veto

STRONG

disavow refute reject renounce repudiate

WEAK

negate nullify

Example Sentences

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Admirable though Mr. Lynn’s dedication to resurrecting Wilder’s unfinished work may be, the production affirms what Wilder seems to have deduced about the play: that he could never quite realize his ambitions for it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The company affirms its full-year earnings outlook of $11 to $12 a share, slightly below expectations.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

In various chat logs the BBC has seen, the chatbot suggests, affirms and embellishes these ideas.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The Supreme Court’s decision affirms a 2024 ruling from State Bar Judge Yvette Roland that Eastman be prohibited from practicing law.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

At the same time the sacrament of the Mass affirms ‘the perpetual contemporaneity of The Passion’ and celebrates the ‘marriage of time present with time past’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton