How to Use authenticate in a Sentence

authenticate

verb

• The signature has been authenticated.
• Much of Weinberg's work consists of authenticating the items brought to him for sale.
  — Steve Heisler, Chicago Reader, 12 Apr. 2018
• The revelation brings up issues around how well Facebook authenticates those running pages on its platform.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2018
• The foundation, however, has the final decision on authenticating the painting, which now sits in a vault in Milan.
  — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
• The ability to test, authenticate and reproduce scientific findings is vital for the integrity of the rule-making process.
  — Lisa Friedman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Regulators are working with the telecommunications industry to find ways to authenticate calls, which would help unmask the callers.
  — Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 6 May 2018
• It was later authenticated as the original trophy by the NCAA.
  — Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
• Staffers look at every prospect's profile and photo, and authenticates identities through Facebook and LinkedIn accounts.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• Match, which has acquired its way to becoming the clear leader in the dating field, uses Facebook to authenticate users on some of its apps, making the social media network a key part of its business.
  — Gerrit De Vynck and Sarah Frier, San Antonio Express-News, 1 May 2018
• Once open, the page authenticates the same account to be opened on the TV app.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2023
• The source of the tweet has not been authenticated by NBC News.
  — NBC News, 13 Jan. 2020
• The trove of passwords in the vault are all used to authenticate to servers that also store a copy of the password.
  — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 6 July 2021
• Enlarge / The Halm-Thayer lock and the Bermann lock, both authenticated by the 2023 study.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024
• Your phone is used to authenticate your access to that passkey, though.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2022
• This is a way of authenticating the cotton, tracing it back to its origins: the farm, the harvest, even the very seed.
  — Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• Forbes has not been able to authenticate the emails, which were first confirmed by the Daily Beast and later by Rolling Stone.
  — Nicholas Reimann, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• At least two of the three shares must come together to authenticate.
  — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 29 Jan. 2021
• To that end, the league and Lakers will attempt to authenticate whether the recording is genuine.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• Four of the five do not authenticate your identity with each use.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2020
• Luckily for them, the DJ had time to stop in and authenticate the signature.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2023
• Like other collectibles, Rally worked with experts in the field to authenticate the copy.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 28 Apr. 2021
• The coin or bar would need to be refined and its value would need to be authenticated, meaning gold dust or nuggets could not be used.
  — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2023
• The work was authenticated in 2011, having been confirmed as a Van Gogh.
  — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
• All someone will need to do to authenticate a payment is pop their thumb onto one of the chips embedded into the card.
  — Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
• One of just two red jerseys that Jordan wore that season, it’s been authenticated by MeiGray and photo-matched to 17 games over the course of five months.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
• In fact, even in Ohtani’s possession, the ball is not MLB authenticated.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• Great seal The seal, which includes a picture of the coat of arms, is used to authenticate certain official acts by the governor.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023
• Coleberd said a signature from the outlaw Jesse James, whose gang hid in the cave, has been authenticated.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2019
• Try to authenticate a video by checking with the source that supposedly created it.
  — Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
• The painting was authenticated the following year by the Van Gogh Museum.
  — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024