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[ver-uh-fahy] / ˈvɛr əˌfaɪ /


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Brazil has in recent months sought to boost protections for children online, obliging platforms to link the accounts of users under age 16 to their parents' accounts, and verify user age.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

These companies should be required to verify their customers’ identities and intentions and to deny access where there is reason to suspect dangerous misuse.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

The tests were designed to verify that the company's sensors remain accurate across the temperature extremes they could encounter during descent to the lunar surface.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

We wanted to verify that this number really was Luka's.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

“Would your girlfriend happen to be around here to verify that?”

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone

GeoConfirmed, a volunteer-driven open-source intelligence project that verifies visuals from conflicts around the globe, also urged Google to reconsider.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

And Oracle independently inspects and verifies every piece of the application’s source code and each software update.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Los Angeles County election officials say you can check in at a vote center by scanning your “quick check-in code” — a number that verifies your voter registration.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

The lived experience verifies the theoretical, and the theoretical gives those with lived experience tools to understand their own lives.

From Slate May 27, 2026

And this mark of divine favour all the more verifies the declaration of the wife, which has been proved by the confession of those guilty of the crime.

From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous

Kalshi has built flight-cancellation betting pages verified by FlightAware’s data despite demands to stop, according to a complaint filed in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

The BBC has not independently verified this information.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

He said the deal takes "a step-by-step approach" meaning: "If there is verified decommissioning of weapons, that they are taken away from the factions and stored and ultimately rendered unusable, Israel then withdraws from Gaza."

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

The claim has not yet been independently verified.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

We must not allow them to be verified in sweet Jane Fairfax.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

"While no passwords or payment details were exposed, we recommend remaining cautious of any unexpected emails and always verifying the sender before clicking on links."

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

On the one hand, the types of technologies that have exploded since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 can automate tasks like editing grammar or verifying facts and figures.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

For platforms, the challenge is verifying identities, policing boundaries, and making sure a market built around emotional intimacy doesn’t become a regulatory liability.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

The state has more than 23 million registered voters, and ballots go through numerous verification steps, including verifying signatures on mail-in ballots.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

A man with a clipboard made final inspections, independently verifying the measurements, then approved it for use.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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