as in confirming
serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something
failed to produce any verifying evidence
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as in arguing
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of
the dispatcher was able to verify the caller's location
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Recent Examples of verifying
Hugh Leask, CNBC, 18 May 2026
There’s also no shortage of folks rather blindly passing along to others health info seen on social media without verifying the info’s accuracy.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Safety concerns push you to act quickly without verifying details.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
The device will be evaluated in real operating conditions, with the aim of verifying its performance, robustness, reliability and ease of maintenance in the demanding marine environment.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
According to Oritain, that backdrop sees brands beginning to look beyond traditional traceability systems toward physically-verifying methods.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
Southbridge Police Department addressed the viral video in a statement shared on Facebook, without confirming the location where the video was recorded or verifying its authenticity.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Others caught on video at the campaign event, who are identified as leaders and lobbyists in the state’s agricultural industry, discuss the proportion of the state’s farmworkers who are undocumented, and employers’ challenges in verifying workers’ legal status.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2026
While Instructure has since restored service, our administrators are currently verifying the platform's stability.
—Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 8 May 2026
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Industry pros said the debacle shows how lenders in the space, such as investment banks and asset managers, now face a fundamental challenge in assessing and verifying their true economic exposure to risks within such complex credit structures.
—Hugh Leask, CNBC, 18 May 2026
There’s also no shortage of folks rather blindly passing along to others health info seen on social media without verifying the info’s accuracy.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Safety concerns push you to act quickly without verifying details.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
The device will be evaluated in real operating conditions, with the aim of verifying its performance, robustness, reliability and ease of maintenance in the demanding marine environment.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
According to Oritain, that backdrop sees brands beginning to look beyond traditional traceability systems toward physically-verifying methods.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
Southbridge Police Department addressed the viral video in a statement shared on Facebook, without confirming the location where the video was recorded or verifying its authenticity.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Others caught on video at the campaign event, who are identified as leaders and lobbyists in the state’s agricultural industry, discuss the proportion of the state’s farmworkers who are undocumented, and employers’ challenges in verifying workers’ legal status.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2026
While Instructure has since restored service, our administrators are currently verifying the platform's stability.
—Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verifying
Verb
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Our job isn’t to keep everyone happy by confirming their assumptions.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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His death was first reported by Rolling Stone, with the magazine confirming the news with Rodney Hall, president of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the singer Candi Staton, who is Carter’s ex-wife.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Some went after Cashman, some after Boone, some after Steinbrenner’s son Hal, and some after Aaron Judge’s non-supporting cast.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Sure, that was exacerbated, and to some degree directly caused, by the ample non-supporting cast around him, especially on the offensive line.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Jules helps Logan manage his crush on Hannah and pushes him to be supportive of their mother who’s in rehab for the fifth time.—
Jennifer McClellan,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
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The Connecticut Restaurant and Hospitality Association, the trade association representing the state’s restaurants and hotels, was especially supportive of another provision in the bill that would have allowed a portion of the sales-and-use tax to be dedicated to tourism funding.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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“Verifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verifying. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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