affirmation
Example Sentences
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In interview, he told police he had wanted a sense of "belonging and affirmation".
From BBC
The messaging is basic, but sometimes basic affirmation is what I need to keep putting my running shoes back on.
Would it be an affirmation of nature’s power of renewal or an omen of irreversible decline?
From Los Angeles Times
Rob Reynolds, an Iraq war veteran who has advocated for veterans seeking housing and services at the West L.A. campus also hailed the ruling as an overdue affirmation of veterans’ needs.
From Los Angeles Times
I see the affirmation online, painted on mugs, dishes and magnets.
From Salon
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