verify

Example Sentences

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If a system fails to verify a delivery, the food cannot be released, insured, sold, or legally distributed.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

I have to verify each client’s identity with an ID and a Social Security card, and then they sit and wait while I prepare their return and it’s reviewed, in case there are any questions.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

We can spend an hour or longer verifying everything, especially with newer models that hallucinate less and cite sources that we have to try to access and verify.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

When the district’s cybersecurity team reached out to a small sample of commenters to verify their identities, a majority of respondents said that they had not submitted the comments in their names.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Just as it's difficult to count the Motherland’s complete death toll, it’s difficult to verify exactly how many Soviet airwomen were killed during the Great Patriotic War.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein