avouches

verb

Definition of avouchesnext
present tense third-person singular of avouch
1
as in testifies (to)
to declare (something) to be true or genuine a note from my doctor avouching that my medical condition did indeed disqualify me from gym class

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2
as in claims
to state as a fact usually forcefully avouched that he had never cheated on his taxes in his life

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3
as in declares
to state clearly and strongly she tends to avouch her opinions in such a way as to imply that anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avouches
  1. declares
  2. insists
  3. asserts
  4. alleges
  5. announces
  6. certifies
  7. contends
  8. attests
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  • Continue reading … 'MAJOR INCREASE' – John Bolton declares hiking US defense budget the 'most important priority in foreign affairs today'.
    Fox News, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
  • On Oscars night, Emma Stone opens the envelope and declares Denzel Washington the Best Actor winner.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of declares
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  • Moving forward, the city insists that Core Scientific’s expansion will not derail its environmental goals.
    Sarah Emerson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But, if Congress insists on standing by as the Justice Department becomes politicized, with some members even encouraging movement in that direction already, the pardon power should be invoked to prevent an irreversible assault on the rule of law.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of insists
Verb
  • Bills on average for more than 250,000 customers would change little, the utility asserts.
    Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In summary, Ver asserts the exit tax unconstitutionally imposes a direct, unapportioned tax that unfairly penalizes individuals for expatriating.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D., Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of asserts
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  • The suit, filed last week by two San Francisco Bay Area legal advocacy groups against the superior courts of Contra Costa, Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Clara counties, alleges that more than a million litigants are affected statewide each year by a shortage of certified court reporters.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Popular on Variety From there, Doe alleges that Combs forcibly pushed him into a vehicle, held him down and sodomized him.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of alleges
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  • Those numbers are likely to change again next month when the Baseball Writers Association of America announces the results of its annual election.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • This article will be updated as Braun announces new appointments.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of announces
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  • After the state board certifies Michigan's statewide presidential results, the governor must issue a certificate with the names of the state's presidential electors at least six days before the electors convene.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The first candidate appeals that decision, but the other candidate's lawyers flood the court system with delay-inducing filings before the appeals courts can rule, and the governor certifies Georgia's electors for the second candidate when the deadline arrives.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of certifies
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  • The decision delays essential services for a vulnerable population, LMM contends.
    Sam Allard, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Ver contends that the expatriation exit tax regime oversteps due process protections by being overly punitive, vague, and burdensome.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D., Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of contends
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  • The presence of this multivalence attests to the thoughtfulness with which the show frames its artworks, drawing out their nuances rather than subsuming them under pronouncements of identity.
    Jenny Wu, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The film starts with an air of mythic timelessness, in a subterranean home barely pierced by sunlight, in which an elderly woman attests to the dwindling of the population.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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