testifying

verb

present participle of testify
as in attesting
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 testifying And individual anonymous witnesses are testifying against dozens of suspects at a time, human rights groups say. — James Wagner, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2026 The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on Alberto Sierra’s estranged wife and her two young daughters detailed on Friday their torturous final moments, testifying during Sierra’s death penalty trial. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 Peterson faced probation, exclusively, in the wake of the murder after testifying against Pike at her trial. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Martine Moïse described the attack while testifying earlier this year at the trial of four men who were ultimately convicted in the conspiracy to kill her husband. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 The court also found that Weinstein had been unfairly discouraged from testifying in his own defense by the prospect that prosecutors could cross-examine him about uncharged allegations. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026 Steinem’s activism snowballed from there, campaigning for female political candidates and testifying before the Senate on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 After the visit Before Puente was sentenced in 1993, Welch received a call about testifying on her behalf. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026 The inquiry, whose findings were released this week, took almost three years, with some sixty days of hearings and more than a hundred witnesses testifying, at a cost of roughly twenty-four million dollars. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for testifying
  1. attesting
  2. swearing
  3. witnessing
  4. verifying
Verb
  • The notable exception is the always effective Lena Olin, whose brief turn as a concentration camp survivor attesting to Hermine’s true sadistic nature packs a quiet charge.
    — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Some lenders use standard factors by industry; others will accept a letter from a CPA attesting to the business’s actual expense ratio, which can meaningfully improve the income calculation for a lean operation.
    — Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of attesting
Verb
  • The league on Monday suspended line judge Jeff Seeman for two games for swearing at Arizona’s Trey McBride and referee Adrian Hill for one game for yelling and gesturing at Minnesota’s Eric Wilson.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The league on Monday suspended line judge Jeff Seeman for two games for swearing at Arizona's Trey McBride and referee Adrian Hill for one game for yelling and gesturing at Minnesota's Eric Wilson.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of swearing
Verb
  • Only two states, Indiana and Wyoming, explicitly ban members of the press from witnessing executions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Having a brother with schizophrenia and witnessing how families navigate the legal system when dealing with mental illness has informed her approach.
    — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of witnessing
Verb
  • Severe disruptions to internet and cellphone networks have made gathering and verifying information from Tigray difficult, although some connectivity was reported Sunday.
    — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • In the middle, verifying the work requires nearly as much labor as doing it.
    — Adriana Munoz Vergara, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of verifying

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“Testifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testifying. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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