Verb (used with object), : to substantiate a charge. ,to substantiate an idea through action. ,to substantiate a friendship. From Dictionary.com.
The war is substantiating this argument very completely. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
They were just making claims without substantiating them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2008] Reference
The controversy raged for a time, but without substantiating. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
It is likely, but the data substantiating it are not in this book. From Wordnik.com. [Bruno Giussani: A US-centric "Long Tail"] Reference
So you have documents really substantiating all of your civic work. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Mabel Pollitzer, September 19, 1973. Interview G-0047-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
The substantiating evidence he had asked for had not been received. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But Bai may run into trouble substantiating her take on celestial science in court. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2005] Reference
An independent investigation reportedly uncovered emails substantiating the claims. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cross Ousts CEO Everson] Reference
And Democrats and Republicans alike substantiating the lies of the inspector general. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2007] Reference
You really did pray for substantiating polls this morning when I said that, didn't you?. From Wordnik.com. [More Polls Find Obama Vaulting Ahead In Key Battlegrounds] Reference
However, Malatsi said he had not received anything substantiating the allegations against him. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Of Fox some pretty anecdotes are told, substantiating that eminent man's character for courtesy. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
The fact is you've just reported David Gergen substantiating precisely what Senator Clinton said. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2008] Reference
First, we know that there is no substantiating evidence to support the official version of events. From Wordnik.com. [The corporate media cover-up of the Najaf massacre] Reference
Researchers all over the world are substantiating, qualifying and quantifying the energies of life. From Wordnik.com. [Arthur Rosenfeld: Do You Feel the Energy of Life?] Reference
If they needed more, they could make a submission to Erwin's department substantiating the request. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It got Jordan to demand his extradition on drugs-smuggling charges with no substantiating evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Yassin Aref's Struggle for Justice in Police State America] Reference
His catalogue has a familiar sound but it is valuable as substantiating many of the earlier reports. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
US involvement in that country was illegal, and the facts were readily available substantiating that fact. From Wordnik.com. [Contemporary News Accounts Undermine GOP Denials on Confederate Statues] Reference
As the chairman mentioned, in terms of personal eyewitness accounts, document -- documents substantiating that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 31, 2003] Reference
Now they are following the script perfectly, substantiating and confirming all my eager expectations about backlash. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Lampley: The Emerging Democratic Majority] Reference
Now, it looks like the official report, with all the data and substantiating material, won't be released for months. From Wordnik.com. [Gulf Oil Spill: Full NOAA Report On Amount Of Oil In Gulf Won't Be Released For MONTHS] Reference
New info has surfaced substantiating that mcCain threatened someone's job if they didn't go along with mcShame's program. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Morning Roundup] Reference
However, I am not looking to bother you by substantiating the historical and scientific legitimacy of Persian Gulf's name. From Wordnik.com. [Who is changing the Persian Gulf?] Reference
So once we start collecting, documenting and substantiating these personal accounts, they cannot be called “anecdotes”. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Knipe said there was no evidence substantiating Sibaya's statement that arms had been transferred to Ntsebeza's white Audi. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The clearest example this week substantiating his allegation was the parliamentary report on SABC 3 news on Wednesday evening. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Several readers take me to task for not substantiating the suggestion that Geert Wilders is, as I put it, a "boor and a bigot". From Wordnik.com. [Geert Wilders is Not a Hero] Reference
When substantiating his request, Nonkonyana described Matanzima as a "statesman among statesmen" and "liberator of black people". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He was also unable to supply the committee with receipts substantiating an additional R2500 travel advance he claimed from the MPB. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
This is simply substantiating the point that the public is not in a mood for recriminations right now, except for one thing, gas prices. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2005] Reference
So astonishing is the dramatist's change of front that, but for the complete lack of substantiating evidence, one would infer that, like. From Wordnik.com. [Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois] Reference
Schoeman said not only could no substantiating evidence be found, but four considerations had influenced the result of the investigation. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I'm sure the report will give the details substantiating what we've all already known, that basically security is not something that can be 100 percent. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2004] Reference
MCINTYRE: If confirmed, these test results would go a long way towards substantiating the U.S. government's working theory, that the nuclear test was basically a failure. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2006] Reference
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