ascertained
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Further tests were done by a pathologist and forensic anthropologist, but a cause of death could not be ascertained.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
We drove alongside some of the vehicles, peered in windows, and ascertained it was nothing.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025
But from Thames Verlet drove straight to Marsden Wharf, where he visited the Rainbow Warrior, ate a piece of cake, and ascertained the schedule for the evening.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
The cause of the collapse is still to be ascertained, and investigations are under way according to state government officials.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025
It must be ascertained that they had been given orders not to fire until our column was within fair range of their weapons.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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