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verify

[ver-uh-fahy] / ˈvɛr əˌfaɪ /


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Megaspeed said it hired a “leading U.S. law firm” to lead a comprehensive census of its graphics processing units and independently verify its export control compliance practices.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Passengers stood in lines of four while staff scanned boarding cards to verify every person on the ship, the Mail reported.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

These demonstrations are designed to verify important spacecraft capabilities before Artemis IV attempts to carry astronauts to the Moon's surface.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Jung said he can’t verify the 1998 letter but said the company did make chassis-number changes to its race cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Harry did not know who had been sent to verify.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

“The real question is whether the market evidence verifies that this particular property belongs there,” he added.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 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

GeoConfirmed, a volunteer-driven open-source intelligence project that verifies visuals from conflicts around the globe, also urged Google to reconsider.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

The SIR process verifies current voter records against the 2002 electoral rolls, the last time such a nationwide revision was carried out.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

No human individual personally experiences or verifies what "human experience," in its conceived character as an integral whole, is supposed to confirm.

From The Sources Of Religious Insight by Josiah Royce

As those steps are verified, the U.S. could provide increasing relief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

The "Aylen Skye" account that hijacked Jasunas's routine amassed over 230,000 Instagram followers -- and a Meta verified checkmark -- before it was removed.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

Vinted said: "Ms Osmelak's check was not successful because her documents did not match the name on her Vinted account. We have since helped her update it, and her account is now verified."

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

During the first two stages, Caltech researchers developed the construction concept, worked out the engineering design, and verified its operation in laboratory experiments on Earth.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

His idea was to offer the Russians a two-year moratorium on nuclear testing, with compliance to be verified by eight to twelve monitoring stations on each country’s territory.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

“At each stage of this election, and in response to the Department of Justice, we have been clear that state and federal law sets well-defined standards for verifying and challenging voter eligibility,” Logan said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

But the letters included allegations alone, no evidence or data verifying DHS’s claims, which Weber said she flagged and asked to see, to no avail.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

The FAI governing body, holding its 120th general conference in Lausanne from Wednesday to Friday, validated the record attempt after verifying the flight data.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

In December 2025, the European Commission said the platform "deceives users" by allowing people to pay for a blue verified check mark, because it is not "meaningfully verifying" who is behind the account.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

But the evidence verifying the oxygenless climb was irrefutable.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer


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