as in to swear
to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact several witnesses testified that they had seen the accused in the vicinity of the crime scene

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Recent Examples of testify The brothers’ attorneys are expected to call forward a lineup of past prosecutors, former inmates and corrections personnel and possibly family members to testify on behalf of Erik and Lyle’s rehabilitation efforts in prison. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025 Prosecutor Whelchel told the jury that Vandermeer, who is also under indictment on capital murder in the case, would testify and planned to accept the state’s offer of 45 years in prison in exchange for his guilty plea. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025 First responders later testified that Read tried to perform CPR on O'Keefe. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025 The jury’s acquittals were unusual because the Justice Department rarely loses such cases in South Florida — recognized as the nation’s healthcare fraud capital — particularly those involving defendants like the three defendants who pleaded guilty and testified against the co-conspirators at trial. Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for testify
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  • Plus, flight attendants swear by the clever organizers, too.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Oz was joined by Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who swore him into office.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Apr. 2025
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  • Clinging to their illusions, the Whites remained loyal to Hitler’s Germany even after witnessing the atrocities the Nazis committed.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Later, Abby stabs Joel in the neck, and Ellie witnesses the murder.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • Multiple users on Reddit attested to this, having experienced it firsthand during the ultra-brief pause on de minimis shipments from China implemented by the Trump administration in February.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 21 Apr. 2025
  • But as any seasoned CFO will attest, mastering the numbers is only part of the equation.
    Pankaj Vasani, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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  • The system can also verify that the individual presenting the document is both physically present and matches the ID photo, all completed remotely in minutes.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The usefulness of those rankings could require months or years to verify, and the AI co-scientist, which is still being evaluated by human scientists, is for now limited to biomedical research.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Testify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testify. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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