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verify

[ver-uh-fahy] / ˈvɛr əˌfaɪ /


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The Forces Pension Society is advising anyone who receives an overpayment letter to verify its authenticity, request more information from Equiniti and using the right to complain through the Internal Disputes Procedure.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Those limits include a stricter process to verify a user’s age that requires Meta to meet a certain threshold of accuracy, and a two-hour daily limit on its platforms if a user is under 18.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

Driving through Dunwoody with a Journal reporter, Len Phillips, an IT professional who formed DeFlock’s Atlanta chapter in December, stopped on a residential street to verify a location.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

A mission to verify a fragile ceasefire between the Congolese army and Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was deployed Monday to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the two sides traded accusations of abuse.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Luma took the player cards to Tracy—the referee would need them to verify the identities and ages of the players.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

The WHO verifies and records attacks on healthcare but does not attribute blame as it is not an investigation agency.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Nielsen, the longtime powerhouse in TV ratings, agreed to buy DoubleVerify, a software platform that verifies media quality and optimizes advertising performance, in a deal with an enterprise value of about $2.15 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Local elections officials say you can save time checking in at the vote center by scanning your “quick check-in code,” which verifies your voter registration.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

Bottom line: When you deposit a large cash amount — in this case, a $150,000 inheritance — the teller verifies your identity, records your explanation of the money’s source, and processes the deposit normally.

From MarketWatch Feb. 26, 2026

"Each new experience verifies the former," said the astrologer, raising up his head at last.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various

Somehow the house remains intact and survivors can be seen in a second verified video standing surrounded by mud once the floodwater had receded.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

The FAA recorded , external58 verified lithium battery air incidents so far this year involving smoke, fire or extreme heat.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

The money will be traded in a public brokerage account so as not to rely on non-publicly traded items that cannot be verified independently.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

The report, which didn’t share the vessel’s name or cargo, couldn’t immediately be verified.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Once everyone is in the car, and Mom has verified that we’ve all buckled our seat belts, we pull away from the curb.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

"While no passwords or payment details were exposed, we recommend remaining cautious of any unexpected emails and always verifying the sender before clicking on links."

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

President Trump in March directed the FTC to consider proposing regulations that would require online marketplaces to establish procedures for verifying country-of-origin claims.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

On the one hand, the types of technologies that have exploded since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 can automate tasks like editing grammar or verifying facts and figures.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

For platforms, the challenge is verifying identities, policing boundaries, and making sure a market built around emotional intimacy doesn’t become a regulatory liability.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

The photograph passed to the US embassy in Moscow by Oleg Penkovsky, as a means of verifying his identity.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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