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verifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of verify

as in confirms

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 verifies Once King County Elections verifies the voters and signatures, the Director of Elections sets a special date between 45 and 90 days after the petition is certified. — Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 Fortune reviewed a summary of his financial records, which verifies his billionaire status. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026 Lawmakers would still need to debate how the government verifies that a kill switch works. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Any new agreement will have to specify who verifies what, in what order, and what happens when a ship is hit. — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 30 July 2026 The channel that delivered the message can never be the channel that verifies it. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Clear+ recently launched eGates , a system that verifies identity in under five seconds using facial recognition without the need for a human operator. — Justin Zacks, CNBC, 21 July 2026 On Kalshi, an internal team verifies outcomes against source reporting — typically within 12 hours of confirmation — with payouts landing about three hours after that; winners take $1 per winning share. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026 The admission team then verifies insurance coverage, which can happen quickly, and then works to make the process available to a patient who is ready to begin. — K.h. Koehler, Ascend Agency, 1 July 2026

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The city confirms the four cameras near Holly Lane have already been removed.

— Brooklyn Andres, Fox 19 Cincinnati, 28 Aug. 2026
Renoon structures and confirms consistency of product and supply chain data across both Tod’s internal systems and those of its partners.

— Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026

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Conversely, another group argues that given the upside risks to inflation, the year-end rate should likely be higher than the current target range.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Dolly Parton stood up for undocumented immigrants when few others would, argues columnist Gustavo Arellano.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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