corroborate
verb (used with object)
to make more certain; confirm.
corroborated
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past participleof corroborate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof corroborate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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Another witness, in his thirties, corroborated reports of an explosion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
“They’ve then heard and seen through the news coverage that those incidents were corroborated by admissible evidence in court.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Prosecutors argued its highly-detailed contents could be corroborated to an extent unlikely with a fabricated confession.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
A filing from late June included declarations from former classmates that Doe’s attorney, Zach Rosenblatt, said corroborated his client’s claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
In 2012, several further studies corroborated these initial findings, strengthening the links between these variants of mental illness and family histories and deepening questions about their etiology, epidemiology, triggers, and instigators.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
