Example Sentences

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Many people have become accustomed to using their phones at checkout, authenticating themselves with a fingerprint or their face.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The sixth, S Pheonix Events, which also notes the receipt of an application to strike off, lists Sarah Ferguson as the person authenticating the application on behalf of the company.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Rather than authenticating the tag, a better security solution is to authenticate the item itself, Han says.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2024

Evidently authenticating the footage, Mayor Karen Bass confirmed to TV station NBC4 that people were seen parachuting off the building.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2024

I deny that Jesus Christ can be fairly quoted as authenticating this narrative.

From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Gladden, Washington