corroborate
verb
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Examples of corroborate in a Sentence
Harriet Hall, Skeptic, 2007
Evidence like this is rarely conclusive, but it can help police corroborate testimony …
—David Fisher, Hard Evidence, 1995
… the great Dr. Woodruff … corroborated my doctor's belief that my two infections had been resolved …
—James Thurber 7 Mar. 1946,
in Selected Letters Of James Thurber, (1980) 1981
the witnesses corroborated the policeman's testimony
my personal experience does not corroborate your faith in the essential goodness of people
Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 15 Sep. 2023
The woman’s friend corroborated that phone call to NBC News.
—Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
Tracy provided phone bills and emails that corroborated her timeline of events and showed Tucker had been calling her from his personal cellphone.
—USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
Isaacson also takes care to include corroborating or conflicting accounts of controversial episodes, such as Musk’s vicious grudge against Tesla’s original founders.
—Will Oremus, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
Her story, which Rolling Stone has corroborated through reviewing photos of injuries, her messages with Geever, and conversations about the assault with friends, mirrors the violent experience of Sarhadi’s.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
These demands echo the increasingly prevalent calls for improvements across VFX Industry and are corroborated with the sentiment uncovered by IATSE’s 2022 VFX Worker Rate and Conditions Survey, which was published in March.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Aug. 2023
The new study corroborates familiar trends in Alaska, where the number of people moving out of the state has exceeded the number of new residents for 10 consecutive years.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
The statement didn’t detail the corroborating evidence.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
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Word History
Latin corroboratus, past participle of corroborare, from com- + robor-, robur strength
1529, in the meaning defined above
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corroborate
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Latin corroboratus, past participle of corroborare to strengthen, from com-, prefix marking completion + robur strength, literally, oak tree
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