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
Fire service officials have not ascertained which of the two buildings caught fire first.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 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
No one ever ascertained what pleasure they derived from this macabre game.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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