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Additional research will be needed to confirm the results and determine whether they apply broadly across more diverse populations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
In 2023, he signed a letter to confirm it was the only ball used during the match, which has also been confirmed by further independent authentication.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
This should not be viewed as vindictive because “the government was seeking to protect the public and confirm its prior assertions about Abrego’s criminal activity,” prosecutors wrote.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2026
Most jurisdictions confirm only basic qualifications for holding office including age, residency and voter registration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
His eyes fell warily to the mirror shard again as if it might confirm a terrible truth, and Hazel tossed it aside.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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“This decision confirms what we’ve said from the start: I was doing my job as an opinion journalist and doing that job is not misconduct,” Attiah said Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Still, a visit to Meyers’ sleek apartment, admittedly paid for by his parents, confirms for Ed the kind of youthful privilege at play here, so unlike the scrappier downtown bohemia of his own artistic heyday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
If future research confirms and expands on that connection, understanding how CRH signaling affects OPCs, myelin formation, and brain development could eventually point toward completely new therapeutic approaches.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
If the employer confirms the bonus was for work performed in 2025, filing the SSA-131 keeps it out of that calculation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Not the first one, which the throat receives with almost tearful gratitude; nor the second, that confirms and extends the pleasure of the first.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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In Leeds, Root confirmed he had been in daily contact with Fleming, and Tongue has also heard from the incoming coach.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Rockstar has not confirmed the videos’ authenticity, but its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, is taking action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Of the 878 deaths during this period, 235 had their brains donated and examined, and 215 had confirmed CTE.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The state has confirmed more than 390 cases of measles across 28 counties so far this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Miss Bennet’s lovely face confirmed his views, and established all his strictest notions of what was due to seniority; and for the first evening she was his settled choice.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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The school will issue qualifications confirming a machine's ability to do a specific role -- "much like a human's graduation certificate", said Zhao.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The cells successfully expressed GFP, confirming that the DNA had been assembled accurately.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
She says she first became concerned that Ditto was not the donor when patient co-ordinators, including Hodson, repeatedly refused to send her a medical report confirming his sperm had been used.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Her aunt, Monica Singh-Strohmeier, shared a statement on social media confirming that Singh was the victim of the Aug. 13 car accident and asking for privacy for her family during this difficult time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Mami's eyes shifted from one to the other, each cry of Mine! confirming another bad daughter.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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