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.
• NBC News has not substantiated many of the claims made in the book.
  — Ali Vitali, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2018
• But don’t guess here; the IRS may ask you to substantiate your mileage.
  — Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2022
• But this is the first time it has been substantiated by flight records.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2018
• 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• The post was later withdrawn, and no NGO has come forward to substantiate the claim.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
• While McCaul recorded trades in Meta around this time, the value of the trades quoted in the post on are not substantiated.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
• The State Bar asked Henry to substantiate the judgment touted on the billboard.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2021
• The suit provides no proof to substantiate the claims and no details on exactly when the calls were recorded.
  — Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2018
• 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
• Andrew also claims in the show that his father takes a young male lover, neither of which have been substantiated.
  — Leah Silverman, Town & Country, 14 Mar. 2018
• The incident, in July of last year when Oyekanmi was 41, was substantiated in part through the quick thinking of the inmate.
  — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2018
• 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
• Another veteran officer, Deputy John Gillette. was the subject of 27 complaints in eight years, most of which were never substantiated.
  — Sarah Metz, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Jan 2025