How to Use substantiate in a Sentence

substantiate

verb

• Mr. MacGregor couldn't substantiate that it was Peter, and not some other rabbit, in the cabbage patch.
• But don’t guess here; the IRS may ask you to substantiate your mileage.
  — Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2022
• None of the claims could be substantiated by Rolling Stone.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2023
• But Davis said the department cannot substantiate the reason for the stop.
  — Adrian Sainz, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2023
• The post was later withdrawn, and no NGO has come forward to substantiate the claim.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2022
• Judge Michael Noland said phone records will later substantiate or refute if Chatman was in the car at the time.
  — Megan Jones, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• Of the thousands of war crimes linked to the Russian president, this is one of the easiest to substantiate.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 3 Apr. 2023
• This means that each chatbot query response is returned to the Graph to substantiate the answer.
  — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• The State Bar asked Henry to substantiate the judgment touted on the billboard.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2021
• Where is the proof or evidence to substantiate his rhetoric?
  — courant.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• The case was later cleared because the tip could not be substantiated.
  — Casey Tolan, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
• Her campaign had yet to substantiate claims of fraud at polling stations.
  — Franklin Briceno and Joshua Goodman, Star Tribune, 10 June 2021
• The post did not provide evidence to substantiate the claim.
  — Rick Rouan, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2021
• If the tumor registry does not have a record of the cancer case, the resident will be asked for medical records to substantiate the claim.
  — Gordon Russell, ProPublica, 25 Nov. 2019
• The Bidens got rich, and that is substantiated, while America got robbed,’’ Trump said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• But it never was substantiated by a legit news source or the cops.
  — Brock Colyar, Curbed, 25 Aug. 2023
• Patience is more prudent, and giving up both Šarić and a late lottery pick for the chance to draft a 20-year-old substantiates the idea of a longer timeline.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 20 June 2019
• Olson has said her office was not able to substantiate any abuse by the principal and does not plan to pursue a case against him.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022
• Prosecutors tried, but failed, to convince the court that more was needed to substantiate the script.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024
• Ring video footage to substantiate the claims last Wednesday in a response to a discovery request.
  — Brian Planalp, The Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2022
• This can consist of handwritten or typed notes as well as copies of documents to substantiate the notes.
  — Tom Spiggle, Forbes, 16 May 2022
• Kuertz said Lindy met with her in-person following her letter and told her he couldn’t take her word and couldn’t substantiate her claims.
  — Hannah Sparling, Cincinnati.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• Yi's claim could not be substantiated, the person claimed.
  — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
• After a thorough & exhaustive search, #rcmpmb has not been able to substantiate the tip in York Landing.
  — Washington Post, 29 July 2019
• The impact these oils have on health has not been substantiated either pro or con and requires more research.
  — Environmental Nutrition, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Asked by Stephanopoulos what will happen if Pence can substantiate that exchange, Lauro sought to play it down.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2023
• Not all of the complaints have been substantiated, and some of the legal cases have ended in settlements.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 7 Aug. 2019
• All of the injuries were self-inflicted and were designed to substantiate her story.
  — Don Thompson, ajc, 19 Sep. 2022
• The officers said Nichols was pulled over for reckless driving, but Memphis' police chief has said there is no evidence to substantiate that claim.
  — CBS News, 11 Sep. 2024
• TikTok has since sued the U.S. government to overturn that law, arguing that Congress has not substantiated its claims of the app being a national security threat.
  — Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024