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confirmation

[kon-fer-mey-shuhn] / ˌkɒn fərˈmeɪ ʃən /


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This concern involves products that may form during heating, rather than a confirmation of the 2023 sucralose-6-acetate findings.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Three people were rescued from deep inside tunnels days after the disaster, but there has been no confirmation of further survivors since a Chinese man was pulled out alive nearly a week ago.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

You must follow your plan administrator’s specific process and get written confirmation that the change is on file before you consider the job done.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

Lih said his company didn’t receive confirmation that a LifeVac was used in the incident.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

This confirmation of general relativity won J. H. Taylor and R. A. Hulse the Nobel Prize in 1993.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

If those confirmations arise, we will act on them.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Over his decadeslong career, he has played crucial roles in the confirmations of Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

Musical daydreams, Ms. Margulis writes, are “among the most profound confirmations that radical interconnectedness lies at the heart of human cognition.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

One of its earliest confirmations came from Mercury's orbit, which shifts slightly more than Newton's laws alone could explain.

From Science Daily Apr. 19, 2026

The fact that Einstein’s predictions matched what was seen, while Newton’s did not, was one of the crucial confirmations of the new theory.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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