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[ver-uh-fahy] / ˈvɛr əˌfaɪ /


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This organization would “standardize and verify frontier AI labs’ safety and security practices” and ensure that AI companies comply with regulations and audit requirements.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

BBC London has seen adverts on Booking.com and Airbnb which appear to be for a social home - although cannot independently verify it's the same property.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

The time it takes to verify that a tenant’s income meets the tax credit’s requirements and prep units for move-in played a role in the struggle to fill vacant units built with the federal subsidy.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

MarketWatch also examined the filings to verify the accuracy of Braziel’s comments.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Alt-A was just what they called crappy mortgage loans for which they hadn’t even bothered to acquire the proper documents—to verify the borrower’s income, say.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Local elections officials say you can save time checking in at the vote center by scanning your “quick check-in code,” which verifies your voter registration.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

The lived experience verifies the theoretical, and the theoretical gives those with lived experience tools to understand their own lives.

From Slate May 27, 2026

Bottom line: When you deposit a large cash amount — in this case, a $150,000 inheritance — the teller verifies your identity, records your explanation of the money’s source, and processes the deposit normally.

From MarketWatch Feb. 26, 2026

The detailed first-hand testimony from all four men also verifies reports of a breakdown of law and order on the Russian front line.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

Said the fourth boy, "This verifies the old proverb, 'Fools have fortune'; besides, it has put me in mind of a story that was told me by my aunt."

From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various

It has cost an estimated $1 to $2 billion to develop so far, though verified figures aren’t readily available.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

Friday’s mission verified that CASC’s core technologies work, the company said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

A Change.org petition asking Sony to reconsider has gathered nearly 180,000 verified signatures and counting as of this writing.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Led by Professor Emilia Morosan, the Rice team then experimentally verified that both materials are indeed superconductors.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

The voucher was verified, the fare showed as paid, and my avatar vanished.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

While most people have been finishing work and sitting back to enjoy the group stages of the tournament, I am spending hours verifying our needs and arranging trades.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The state has more than 23 million registered voters, and ballots go through numerous verification steps, including verifying signatures on mail-in ballots.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

It proposes a global agreement on how to potentially slow development and a mechanism for verifying that competitors are respecting it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

"The objective is not perfect voice replication. The objective is creating enough emotional uncertainty and urgency that the victim acts before verifying."

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

A man with a clipboard made final inspections, independently verifying the measurements, then approved it for use.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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