substantiate

Example Sentences

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Officials said they have no information to substantiate the claim that the grenades were kept overnight in their trucks or home.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Pressed again about the IDF's comments, he said: "There is no assessment to substantiate what's being said."

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Through these chart reviews, the DOJ alleges, Aetna identified opportunities for additional payments from the Medicare agency, yet ignored the results when the chart reviews didn’t substantiate codes Aetna had already submitted to the agency.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Yet the IG found that roughly half of children lacked documentation of an autism diagnosis or evaluation, and some 20% of providers didn’t substantiate their credentials to provide therapy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

According to Thorne, "he did not understand the laws of physics well enough to be able to substantiate his ideas."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson