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to declare (something) to be true or genuine
the appraiser attests that the lamp is indeed an original Tiffany
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to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of
I'll attest that she was at the party
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Recent Examples of attested
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
All shade is not created equal, a point attested by anyone who’s tried to grow plants under a Norway maple instead of a honey locust tree.
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Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 June 2026
Richardson attested to how her own health has benefited significantly from taking GLP-1 drugs and said more Californians should be able to afford these medications that can address a range of health issues.
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William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
If the underlying model behind an agent can be identified and attested, then trust no longer has to rest on the interface alone.
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Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
But, of course, as some of you may be thinking, nothing causes more pain than the desire for pleasure—a fact attested to by countless love songs and religious texts.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
As Hodgson, who only launched Pale Horse Gallery last year, attested, soaring business rates, rent, and energy bills are serious obstacles—not to mention collectors tightening their purse strings on account of geopolitical and economic uncertainty.
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George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
According to the Washington Examiner, a senior administration official has attested to Trump’s belief that the only way to secure meaningful change in Iran is through substantial escalation.
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Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
The weather this year has been a factor, players have attested, as temperatures have surged into the 90-degree range.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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The ruling upholds Illinois law, which allows mail-in ballots postmarked — or personally attested to — by Election Day to be counted up to two weeks afterward.
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Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
All shade is not created equal, a point attested by anyone who’s tried to grow plants under a Norway maple instead of a honey locust tree.
—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 June 2026
Richardson attested to how her own health has benefited significantly from taking GLP-1 drugs and said more Californians should be able to afford these medications that can address a range of health issues.
—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
If the underlying model behind an agent can be identified and attested, then trust no longer has to rest on the interface alone.
—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
But, of course, as some of you may be thinking, nothing causes more pain than the desire for pleasure—a fact attested to by countless love songs and religious texts.
—
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
As Hodgson, who only launched Pale Horse Gallery last year, attested, soaring business rates, rent, and energy bills are serious obstacles—not to mention collectors tightening their purse strings on account of geopolitical and economic uncertainty.
—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
According to the Washington Examiner, a senior administration official has attested to Trump’s belief that the only way to secure meaningful change in Iran is through substantial escalation.
—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
The weather this year has been a factor, players have attested, as temperatures have surged into the 90-degree range.
—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attested
Adjective
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There is no confirmed list, but that hasn’t stopped fans and the media from throwing out names like Callum Turner, Harris Dickinson and Jacob Elordi.
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That brings the confirmed One UI 9 internal testing lineup to the Galaxy S23, S24, S24 FE, S25, S26, A35, A56 and now the A57.
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The Supreme Court considered the meaning of the clause in a landmark case in 1898 and affirmed the rule of citizenship by birth, with rare exceptions for the children of foreign diplomats, occupying armies and members of Native American tribes.
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Ultimately, the appeals court affirmed the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction to Hecox, but vacated the injunction applied to the rest of the state.
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Valentine also testified that the FDA encourages infant formula companies to send in all adverse event reports and that nothing prevented Mead Johnson from doing so.
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Benning's cause of death was a fatal combination of a large amount of cocaine dissolved in alcohol, medical examiners testified during Taylor's trial.
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An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing.
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Zabrisky added that intercepted communications and witness accounts suggest Russian drone operators are regularly rotated through Kherson and nearby areas, although those claims have not been independently verified.
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Club sources insist the process of finding a successor to Marco Silva remains ongoing and that comments made last week by Fulham vice chairman and director of football operations Tony Khan that there were two leading candidates for the role remain valid.
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Yet amidst the hype, scientists working in the aging field are broadly in agreement that the underlying notion is valid.
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Ouachita County sheriff's office Chief Deputy Larry McMahen said Truelove is a former auxiliary officer with the sheriff's office but had not been certified as an auxiliary officer in quite some time.
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The visitors' center is LEED Gold-certified for green energy, Dillard says, and geothermal systems have been installed in other buildings for temperature control.
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The settlement stems from a 2022 federal class action suit filed by YouTube TV subscribers who argued that Disney used its control over must-have programming, including content tied to ESPN and Hulu, to influence the broader live streaming market.
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Blutinger, a Jewish studies professor at Long Beach State University, had argued that Israel was not committing genocide in Gaza and that the protests on university campuses seemed supportive of Hamas.
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In established lawns, many turfgrass species can be maintained with very little water and allowed to go dormant during periods of drought.
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More specifically, the argument that tracking demographic data produces discrimination inverts the established purpose of the EEO-1.
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