How to Use uncorroborated in a Sentence
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At the same time, this is a story with a very incomplete and uncorroborated set of claims.
—Michael McCann, SI.com, 11 July 2018
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The report did criticize the FBI for opening the probe based on vague and uncorroborated tips.
—Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
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For starters, there are (uncorroborated) rumors of Ortiz being linked to a relationship with the wife of a drug lord and that the shooting was payback.
—Michael McCann, SI.com, 19 June 2019
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Comey also speculated about the untrue, unverified, uncorroborated claims that were made in the Clinton bought and paid for a dossier.
—Fox News, 17 Apr. 2018
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But her allegations are uncorroborated, and the precedent in the NFL and other pro sports leagues is for athletes to continue playing while civil legal matters play out in the courts.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2019
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At the same time, many of Zatko’s claims are uncorroborated and appear to have little documentary support.
—Marcy Gordon, ajc, 12 Sep. 2022
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But just like Trump's use of a profanity to describe African nations — and the largely uncorroborated Steele dossier itself — the allegation has been pushed into the mainstream.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2018
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Keep in mind, these allegations are more than a year old and completely uncorroborated.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2021
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The other was an uncorroborated story from a British man who had once made sweeping allegations of child molestation against members of the British Parliament.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2017
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Iran has made similar uncorroborated claims about its efforts in counterespionage this year, often in the wake of political clashes with the United States.
—Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 22 July 2019
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But a 1989 state Supreme Court opinion rejected the recording as uncorroborated hearsay that wouldn’t have exonerated West.
—Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2019
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But a 1989 state Supreme Court opinion rejected the recording as uncorroborated hearsay that wouldn't have exonerated West.
—CBS News, 15 Aug. 2019
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Yet the left push these unverified and uncorroborated claims throughout the highest levels of our government right into the gullible media, their arm that pushes their propaganda.
—Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018
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Medeiros first sounded the alarm on Lucas’ conduct in an affidavit last year, but prosecutors dismissed her account as uncorroborated and her affidavit wasn’t released to the public, according to the Globe.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 10 July 2023
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Though the allegations against him remain uncorroborated, and most are incredible and fall apart in embarrassing fashion, like the one most recently in the Times, the assault continues.
—John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 18 Sep. 2019
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Citing the lack of a response, the opinion issued Monday concurred with Ferguson’s claim that his conviction could not stand because it was based on uncorroborated testimony of his daughter.
—Tom Olsen / Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2017
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Kavanaugh denies the allegation and a White House spokeswoman dismisses the claim as uncorroborated.
—CNN, 1 Oct. 2021
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The resulting report confirms the allegations are entirely uncorroborated, and the people the accusers claim were present deny any knowledge of the purported events. Voting for a man who is innocent under any standard of due process?
—Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2018
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The military has made uncorroborated claims of election fraud and has violently suppressed protests to restore democracy.
—Jon Emont, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2021
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The campaign repeatedly took shots at the media for saying that its allegations were unsubstantiated or uncorroborated, arguing that the campaign has yet to lay out its case fully and won't do so until the legal team is in the courtroom.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 20 Nov. 2020
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Uber relies on a three-strikes system that can allow bad actors — both drivers and riders — to keep using the app until three uncorroborated allegations are made, according to the more than 20 current and former investigators.
—Greg Bensinger, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019
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Matt Zeller roamed the office in flip-flops, frowning into his phone, groaning out expletives, and announcing disquieting scraps of uncorroborated information to anyone within earshot.
—Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2021
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During the appeal hearing on July 31, Humala said prosecutors had presented their case using uncorroborated facts and acted under pressure from politicians and the media.
—John Quigley, Bloomberg.com, 4 Aug. 2017
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Now after several hours of testimony by Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh, these are still uncorroborated charges so lawmakers in both parties are basically unmoved.
—Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018
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While these remain uncorroborated, the increasingly lurid picture caused Shochiku to issue another statement on Monday.
—Mark Schilling, Variety, 25 May 2023
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Cleverdon said to date these allegations have been uncorroborated.
—Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 1 July 2022
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Thousands of people, including the actor Roseanne Barr, believe or acknowledge Q’s uncorroborated musings, which started on the controversial message board 4chan.
—Time, 15 Aug. 2019
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The anonymous, uncorroborated claims are untrue and terribly unfair.
—Christine Pelisek, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2017
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That night, BuzzFeed publishes the uncorroborated dossier.
—William Saletan, Slate Magazine, 13 Jan. 2017
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He has not been damaged by uncorroborated accusations brought by well-known attorney and now criminal defendant Michael Avenatti.
—Michael McCann, SI.com, 13 June 2019
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