corroborate
verb (used with object)
to make more certain; confirm.
corroborative
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a word derived from
corroborate.
Example Sentences
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In its briefs, the government has added a corroborative textual point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
There was no immediate confirmation from Israel's military nor corroborative reports on Israeli media, which usually break into their broadcasts to report such incidents.
From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2023
Mr Johnson responded: "You can also find independent corroborative sources to stand up what these invoices are about. The reliability of the invoices is not related to the payments."
From BBC ● May 17, 2023
Based on their own self-serving testimony but presumably also on corroborative reporting by Leonnig and Rucker, three other major players get more favorable treatment than conventional wisdom might suggest.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2021
They are interspersed with nautical and geographical descriptions, corroborative of the events related, and more worth being preserved than the memory of what was performed.
From History of the Buccaneers of America by James Burney
