ascertained
Example Sentences
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The three women's recorded cause of death is yet to be ascertained, the court was also told.
From BBC • May 29, 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
She’s ascertained that she’s not a child and not an adult; not the sick little girl named Marcy who she used to be, nor her maker’s favorite.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 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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