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verb

past tense of verify

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Recent Examples of verified
Adjective
McKinsey has cited a life sciences company with about $4 billion in annual R&D procurement spend that ran an AI review covering roughly 10% of that spend and found 4% in verified leakage, more than $10 million. — Shaz Khan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 In real life, there is no verified record that Murray’s team diagnosed Kaczynski with schizophrenia, much less told him so at Harvard. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026 The larger lesson involves how criminals can borrow credibility from verified accounts and familiar companies to get people to lower their guard. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Suppliers that meet verified sustainability KPIs also qualify for lower interest rates, freeing up cash flow for high-cost decarbonization projects. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026 The arrest came just hours after prosecutors filed a verified application asking the court to issue a warrant and modify Morphew's bond. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 There is, however, no verified evidence of Agee on an NFL roster. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026 The wall of ice, water and debris that descended from the mountains on the frontier between Nepal and Tibet caused destruction at least 62 miles downriver into Nepal, an ABC News analysis of verified video and satellite images shows. — David Brennan, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 These tests will help engineers select verified materials for the reactor vessel before testing operational control systems. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
Enterprises may eventually maintain marketplaces of agents that are verified, tested, vetted and approved for particular departments. — Doug Shannon, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 But many of the results have already been verified in Lean—a programming language that validates a proof’s logic—and are therefore all but certain to be correct. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026 The commitment will be tracked and verified by nature restoration tech platform Veritree. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 The reporter independently reported and verified the factual claims in this article, and a human editor reviewed it before publication. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 The publication had access to the documentary’s raw material and also verified the cases the intelligence officers described in the documentary. — Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026 New Jersey communities prepare for major flooding Videos verified by NBC News showed heavy tidal flooding Saturday at Shelter Marina in Beach Haven. — Matthew Mulligan, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026 This feature, introduced in 2024, directs travelers to verified official institutions, reducing the incidence of fraud and minimizing confusion at immigration on arrival. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 To be sure, the reports have not been independently verified by CNBC. — Sean Conlon,jenni Reid,justina Lee,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verified
Adjective
  • Harford County residents on alert The confirmed case inside an elementary school has some Harford County residents concerned about the presence of wildlife in the community.
    — Ashley Paul, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Ebola outbreak centered in the eastern Ituri province is the fastest-growing in the disease’s history and remains out of control with 5,713 confirmed cases, including 2,744 deaths, according to Congolese health authorities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Indeed, there can be valid reasons for high-net-worth individuals and families to do a Section 351 exchange, said Joshua Norman, principal in the Bardstown, Kentucky, office of Cerity Partners.
    — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • To win the presidency in the first round, a candidate must receive more than half of the valid votes cast, excluding blank and null ballots.
    — Katie Angell Britannica Editors Oct. 2, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • For patients and caregivers, the takeaway from cardiologists is to treat these devices as an interesting window into your patterns, not as a replacement for a validated cuff at your doctor’s office.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Examiners need validated methods to acquire, authenticate and interpret data, as the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence recommends for novel devices.
    — Jihun Joun, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • In new guidance, the American Academy of Pediatrics says unpasteurized dairy is unsafe and offers no proven health benefits.
    — Kathleen Felton, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026
  • This page has long supported home ownership as a proven way to build wealth and security.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Within 180 days of closing, the company must also create a five-member News Editorial Independence Board of established journalists.
    — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Sweden was fortunate to have lots of hydropower and an established base of nuclear reactors.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The longer the song goes on, the more the relentless pulse of the drums starts to seem indifferent and mechanical, an actual machine with no awareness of human life, while the drones grow longer and feel more and more like deep sighs.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The company disputes that 27 odor complaints since 2024 and 67 videos of work being done outside permitted hours referenced in a city staff report represent actual violations of the city’s noise, odor and operating hour rules.
    — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Long-term national data has shown that states that have previously expanded access to SNAP benefits had reduced numbers of CPS investigations and substantiated reports of abuse and neglect, as well as fewer foster care placements.
    — Sandy Santana, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Top school administrators are required to check with applicants’ previous employers to see if they had ever been reported to the state for credible or substantiated complaints of egregious misconduct.
    — Holly McDede, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Non-traditional cuts of steaks are the order of the day at Alvear Grill, while L'Orangerie y el Jardin d'Hiver serves a breakfast buffet that's a real treat, and afternoon tea with white-gloved waiters.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Those changes represented real progress, Davis said, but the industry largely failed to question the commercial system into which those materials were being introduced.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Verified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verified. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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