as in vouches (for)
to declare (something) to be true or genuine
that auction house will always testify to a painting's authenticity
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The takeaway is not that a diverse mouth guarantees a longer life.
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Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy director of the ACLU's speech, privacy and technology project, said the First Amendment guarantees the right to criticize the government.
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Today's ruling affirms a principle that has underpinned sound economic stewardship for generations.
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Ending the show with one final jump affirms that there’s no future in which the Landry family is done with time traveling, despite the trauma and heartache the pond has delivered with its gift.
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The drone business boom Last year, Thunder Tiger’s Overkill drones became the first from an Asian company to qualify for the Pentagon’s Blue Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Cleared List, which certifies commercial drones for use by the US military.
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If Hoskins certifies the referendum, the court said, the map would be retroactively suspended.
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As the unfolding case of the Smithsonian attests, museum leaders occupy a pivotal position in American public life, balancing obligations to historical truth, institutional stakeholders, and the communities whose record they are entrusted to keep.
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Club Kid is funny, and filled with deft jokes, but there’s a stylistic exuberance to it that attests to how Firstman wasn’t just thinking in terms of verbal punchlines.
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As supporters and protesters clash, Cartman travels back to 1776, witnesses the independence debate and finds parallels to the present.
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Gone Tomorrow kicks off when Reacher witnesses a suicide on the subway in New York.
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“Testifies (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testifies%20%28to%29. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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