affirm
verb (used with object)
to state or assert positively; maintain as true.
have affirmed
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present perfectof affirm.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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As of Thursday, two circuits have affirmed the government’s position and six opposed it, teeing up what experts call an inevitable Supreme Court challenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and American Academy of Pediatrics have affirmed there is no significant link between using this common painkiller during pregnancy and having an autistic child.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025
Where this takes their union, made up of school leaders, remains to be seen as they have affirmed their commitment to consider their next steps in consultation with their membership.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025
And as we’ve expanded the scope of democratic participation, we have affirmed — again and again — that it is the people who deserve representation on an equal basis, not the states.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
To this fact we have affirmed under oath as being a part of the provisional law adopted at that meeting.
From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by William Henry Gray
