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affirms

VERB

declare the truth of something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assert confirm declare guarantee insist maintain profess ratify repeat

STRONG

asseverate attest aver avouch avow certify cinch clinch ice okay predicate pronounce set state swear testify vouch witness

WEAK

cross heart have a lock on lock up nail down put on ice rubber-stamp say so swear on bible swear up and down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny forget veto

STRONG

disavow refute reject renounce repudiate

WEAK

negate nullify

Example Sentences

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The company affirms its full-year earnings outlook of $11 to $12 a share, slightly below expectations.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

In various chat logs the BBC has seen, the chatbot suggests, affirms and embellishes these ideas.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

“It affirms what our communities have always known: You cannot investigate injustice without the power to uncover the truth,” Eke said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Every 15-hour shift spent with the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital’s staff affirms how human these caregivers are.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

“Always,” Dedd affirms, used to this fixed, monolithic language around interviewers and mythologizers of her sisters.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez