substantiated

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In an accompanying description, the Pentagon explains that members of Congress requested the videos in March but that many lack a "substantiated chain of custody", meaning they could have been tampered with at some point.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

If companies find the allegations are at least partly substantiated, they are likely to offer a more generous settlement, lawyers and HR executives say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

In more than a third of the cases, prosecutors quickly dismissed charges that couldn’t be substantiated, refused to file charges at all, or lost at trial.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

Stifel analyst Peter McGoldrick said “healthy” levels of inventory in North America substantiated his view that the company’s turnaround would be led by its U.S. business.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

Evidence Against Her or Suspicious Circumstances: Story of man in her compartment is substantiated by the evidence of Hardman and that of the woman Schmidt.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie