ascertained

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The study suggested that the current outbreak is "larger than currently ascertained" and that its "true magnitude remains uncertain".

From BBC • May 19, 2026

We drove alongside some of the vehicles, peered in windows, and ascertained it was nothing.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

Both Prieur and Mafart had been involved in planning the operation back in Paris—it was Prieur who had first ascertained the ship’s itinerary by calling Lloyd’s of London and posing as a journalist.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

By applying cenotectic physics to known conditions on various distant worlds, the researchers ascertained how water on these icy distant bodies could remain liquid enough to sustain life.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2025

“Our own investigation has ascertained that the witnesses were bribed to lie about what truly occurred. Further, their identities have been tampered with, and we can’t locate them.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman