bear witness
idiom
1
: to show that something exists or is true
—+ to
His success bears witness to the value of hard work.
Rising ticket sales bear witness to the band's popularity.
2
formal
: to make a statement saying that one saw or knows something
asked to bear witness to the facts
She was accused of bearing false witness at the trial.
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In the Americas alone more than one billion people in 35 countries could bear witness to the total lunar eclipse that played out overhead from late night Thursday to the early hours of Friday.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
With the Construction Nudes series Little inadvertently bore witness to theend of a more innocent era for gay culture as the AIDS crisis arrived and took many lives.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Every day visual journalists bear witness to the people in our communities and their stories.
—The Pham, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2025
Filmed against the boundless backdrop of Joshua Tree, Black Woman Rest transforms the desert into an altar, inviting viewers to bear witness to the sacred act of a Black woman resting.
—Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
With the Construction Nudes series Little inadvertently bore witness to theend of a more innocent era for gay culture as the AIDS crisis arrived and took many lives.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Every day visual journalists bear witness to the people in our communities and their stories.
—The Pham, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2025
Filmed against the boundless backdrop of Joshua Tree, Black Woman Rest transforms the desert into an altar, inviting viewers to bear witness to the sacred act of a Black woman resting.
—Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Bear witness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20witness. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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