Thesaurus / affirm
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A tech company is affirming that automating certain decisions may not, in fact, be the smart thing to do — tacitly acknowledging that removing human agency can generate harm.
TWITTER MAY LET USERS CHOOSE HOW TO CROP IMAGE PREVIEWS AFTER BIAS SCRUTINYNATASHA LOMASOCTOBER 2, 2020TECHCRUNCHAs a scholar whose research focuses on the ethics of communication and as a yoga teacher, I’m interested in how people use rituals and rhetoric to affirm their interconnectedness with one another – and with the world.
WHY ‘NAMASTE’ HAS BECOME THE PERFECT PANDEMIC GREETINGLGBTQ-EDITORSEPTEMBER 30, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSFirst, they needed to affirm that things were indeed quieter.
BIRD SONGS GOT SEXIER DURING THE COVID-19 SHUTDOWNULA CHROBAKSEPTEMBER 24, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEWe believe that it’s every American’s responsibility to do what they can to affirm, safeguard, and advance the health of our democracy.
WHY CEOS MUST TAKE ACTION ON DEMOCRACY AND ELECTION INTEGRITY—AND HOW THEY CAN DO ITMATTHEWHEIMERAUGUST 27, 2020FORTUNEPFLAG envisions a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are affirmed, valued, and respected.
CINCINNATI – A BIG CITY WITH A SMALL TOWN FEELLGBTQ-EDITORAUGUST 17, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSThe conference provides a safe and affirming space, and gives attendees an opportunity to access needed legal and healthcare resources.
EQUALITY VIRGINIA’S ANNUAL TRANSGENDER SUMMIT TO PRIORITIZE RACIAL JUSTICEPHILIP VAN SLOOTENAUGUST 14, 2020WASHINGTON BLADETo fix on any one stage in such an evolution, detach it, affirm it, is to wrest a true scripture to its destruction.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYFor my part, I scarcely know what to say; inasmuch as I do not care either to affirm or deny a thing of which I have no proof.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUSSome affirm that he wrote to please royalty, but if so why did he not condemn the custom to appease the wrath of a sapient king.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.In my opinion, the situation of Candy is most beautiful, but many affirm that it is too near the mountains, and lies in a pit.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERWORDS RELATED TO AFFIRM
- accedes
- affiances
- affirms
- agrees
- answers for
- assents
- assures
- bargains
- betroths
- binds
- commits
- compacts
- consents
- contracts
- covenants
- crosses heart
- declares
- engages
- ensures
- espouses
- guarantees
- hocks
- insures
- lives up to
- mortgages
- obligates
- passes
- pawns
- pledges
- plights
- professes
- says so
- secures
- stipulates
- string along
- subscribes
- swears
- swears on bible
- swears up and down
- takes an oath
- undertakes
- underwrites
- vouches
- vows
- warrants
- adduce
- advance
- advise
- affirm
- ask
- assert
- broach
- come up with
- contend
- counsel
- hit on
- hold out
- introduce
- invite
- kibitz
- lay before
- lay on the line
- make a motion
- make a pitch
- move for
- name
- nominate
- offer
- pose
- prefer
- press
- proffer
- propone
- proposition
- propound
- put forward
- put to
- put up
- recommend
- request
- set forth
- solicit
- speak one's piece
- spitball
- state
- submit
- tender
- urge
- volunteer
- adduce
- advance
- advise
- affirm
- ask
- assert
- broach
- come up with
- contend
- counsel
- hit on
- hold out
- introduce
- invite
- kibitz
- lay before
- lay on the line
- make a motion
- make a pitch
- move for
- name
- nominate
- offer
- pose
- prefer
- press
- proffer
- propone
- proposition
- put forward
- put to
- put up
- recommend
- request
- set forth
- solicit
- speak one's piece
- spitball
- state
- submit
- suggest
- tender
- urge
- volunteer
- affirm
- assert
- asseverate
- attest
- avouch
- avow
- back-talk
- be against
- be displeased by
- blast
- buck
- combat
- constate
- contend
- cry out
- declare
- demonstrate
- demur
- disagree
- except
- expostulate
- fight
- holler
- howl
- insist
- inveigh against
- kick
- maintain
- make a stink
- object
- oppose
- predicate
- profess
- put up a fight
- rebel
- remonstrate
- resist
- revolt
- say no
- sound off
- squawk
- stage a walkout
- take exception
- testify
- thumbs-down
- affirmed
- asserted
- asseverated
- attested
- avouched
- avowed
- back-talked
- be displeased by
- blasted
- bucked
- combated
- constated
- contended
- cried out
- declared
- demonstrated
- demurred
- disagreed
- excepted
- expostulated
- fought
- hollered
- howled
- insisted
- inveighed against
- kicked
- made a stink
- maintained
- objected
- opposed
- predicated
- professed
- put up a fight
- rebelled
- remonstrated
- resisted
- revolted
- said no
- sounded off
- squawked
- testified
- thumbed down
- took exception
- was against
- add up
- affirm
- analyze
- ascertain
- assay
- attest
- authenticate
- back
- bear out
- certify
- check
- confirm
- convince
- corroborate
- declare
- demonstrate
- determine
- document
- end up
- evidence
- evince
- examine
- experiment
- explain
- find
- fix
- have a case
- justify
- make evident
- manifest
- pan out
- result
- settle
- show
- show clearly
- show once and for all
- substantiate
- sustain
- test
- testify
- trial
- try
- turn out
- uphold
- validate
- verify
- warrant
- witness
- adds up
- affirms
- analyzes
- ascertains
- assays
- attests
- authenticates
- backs
- bears out
- certifies
- checks
- confirms
- convinces
- corroborates
- declares
- demonstrates
- determines
- documents
- ends up
- evidences
- evinces
- examines
- experiments
- explains
- finds
- fixes
- has a case
- justifies
- makes evident
- manifests
- pans out
- results
- settles
- shows
- shows clearly
- shows once and for all
- substantiates
- sustains
- testifies
- tests
- trials
- tries
- turns out
- upholds
- validates
- verifies
- warrants
- witnesses
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