bear out

Example Sentences

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New York’s gradually improving crime statistics bear out Ms. Tisch’s approach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

But the data don’t bear out the footage, Powell said, though he couldn’t say with absolute certainty that the fire was not caused by Edison lines.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

And it’s possible that this further research, with more women included, will bear out the impressive benefits of rapamycin for fertility.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2024

Before his 1994 fall, his success seemed to bear out that hypothesis.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2024

The prosecution talked generalities because the frets just didn’t bear out the guilt of these defendants.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe