affirming

Example Sentences

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The company didn’t provide full-year guidance, other than affirming its target of $2.5 billion in capital investment, slightly higher than $2.4 billion in 2025.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

To get to that point, they would have to make two declarations affirming their wishes, as well as passing checks from doctors to see if they had been coerced or influenced.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Mr. Styles obviously mastered pleasant-sounding and mildly affirming electronic pop and there’s nothing particularly embarrassing on the album, but one almost wishes there were a few stumbles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Both Fitch and Moody’s Ratings have now downgraded Indonesia’s credit outlook to negative from stable while affirming their respective ratings on the country’s debt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The same day as the funeral service in Charleston—June 26, 2015—the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark decision, affirming that same-sex couples had the right to marry in all fifty states.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama