verification
noun
ver·i·fi·ca·tion
ˌver-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən 
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Early verification also frees up retailers to plan more efficient shipping routes and strategies.
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Sylvia Ng, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Participation in the program is optional and travelers can opt-out and instead choose to go through a standard identity verification process by a TSA officer.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2024
Challengers at absentee ballot counting centers cannot contest a voter's eligibility since that verification process occurs at clerks' offices before absentee ballots are sent for processing.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
The Republicans – who filed the lawsuit Sept. 30, 36 days before the election – asked the court to direct Pennsylvania county election boards to segregate overseas ballots for possible exclusion and to create new verification procedures.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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Sylvia Ng, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Participation in the program is optional and travelers can opt-out and instead choose to go through a standard identity verification process by a TSA officer.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2024
Challengers at absentee ballot counting centers cannot contest a voter's eligibility since that verification process occurs at clerks' offices before absentee ballots are sent for processing.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
The Republicans – who filed the lawsuit Sept. 30, 36 days before the election – asked the court to direct Pennsylvania county election boards to segregate overseas ballots for possible exclusion and to create new verification procedures.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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verification
noun
ver·i·fi·ca·tion
ˌver-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən
: the act or process of verifying : the state of being verified
Legal Definition
verification
noun
ver·i·fi·ca·tion
ˌver-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən
1
: an act or process of verifying
2
: a sworn statement of truth or correctness
submitted a verification signed by the defendant with the petition
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