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- verb Present participle of
confirm .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective serving to support or corroborate
- adjective indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
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Examples
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July 16th, 2009 2: 11 pm ET all the GOP will do while they are "confirming" is drill the same three questions into the ground, shes going to respond to them the same way, all day, everyday. just confirm her and get on with it.
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Like the numerical code, the word confirming the security team’s identity was also changed weekly.
The Whisperers John Connolly 2010
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Like the numerical code, the word confirming the security team’s identity was also changed weekly.
The Whisperers John Connolly 2010
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Once again confirming the definition of swiftboating: an inconvenient truth that utterly demolishes a convenient lie.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Book Coming Soon from Michael Bellesiles 2010
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Once again confirming the definition of swiftboating: an inconvenient truth that utterly demolishes a convenient lie.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Book Coming Soon from Michael Bellesiles 2010
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This would be going over the edge in confirming their "Just say not to everything" stance, since they have previously supported the concept of not bailing out of Afghanistan.
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These documents might go a long way in confirming? or undermining? the existence of facts that would tend to show whether or not the torture and abuses described were the direct result of policy and legal decisions taken by the US defence secretary at the time, Donald Rumsfeld, and sanctioned by his general counsel, Jim Haynes.
Iraq war logs: experts' views Toby Dodge 2010
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Although President Bush complained loudly about obstruction of his judicial nominees, the reality is that he was quite successful in confirming judges to the federal bench.
Doug Kendall: The Real Nuclear Option Doug Kendall 2010
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"We are deeply saddened by the passing of the great George Blanda," the Raiders said Monday in confirming his death.
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"We are deeply saddened by the passing of the great George Blanda," the Raiders said Monday in confirming his death.
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