ascertained
Example Sentences
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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
However, Mr Brookes said it was unclear how the Turkish police ascertained he had been driving at speed.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2025
In terms of the quantity of the gas being expelled, scientists ascertained that ionised- and neutral-gas outflows measured by their equipment ultimately reached "0.14–2.9 and 30–100 solar mass per year, respectively."
From Salon • Sep. 18, 2024
The eight ridiculous Dresdeners ascertained that these hundred ridiculous creatures really were American fighting men fresh from the front.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
