affirm
Example Sentences
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Feelings are increasingly treated not as signals to examine but as conclusions to affirm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Upholding these bans would affirm that professional standards and evidence-based practices still govern licensed treatment.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026
Higher expenses will compress margins in the near term, the analysts noted, but Akamai continues to announce large compute deals that affirm its relevance in the cloud-services market.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
The Grinch, by contrast, can affirm where you are, without ever asking you to be better.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025
“Oh, he’s showing up all right,” I affirm.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
Vocabulary lists containing affirm
Speech and Debate
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"Ad Power," "Without Commercials," and "What's Wrong with Advertising"
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This Week In Culture: Current Events Vocab for October 3–9, 2020
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