affirm
verb (used with object)
to state or assert positively; maintain as true.
had affirmed
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past perfectof affirm.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster's The Nolan Show, Givan said he was "providing absolute clarity on these issues" and this had "affirmed" his position.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Wei, Lai denied that the investment was a result of U.S. pressure and noted that Trump had affirmed his commitment to regional stability in a joint statement with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in February.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
“A constitutional referendum every twenty-seven years,” he writes, “would mean that every generation of adults would live under a fundamental law that it had affirmed in its sovereign role.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022
On Monday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan said at a news conference with Mr. Biden that the two leaders had affirmed “the importance of peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait.”
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
He had affirmed my place in the order of things.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
