corroborate
verb (used with object)
to make more certain; confirm.
have corroborated
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present perfectof corroborate.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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Our reporters have corroborated details in their accounts using diary entries, police and other records and interviews with friends and family, who they have confided in.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Lawyers in Eswatini have corroborated his claim to AFP, saying they have been repeatedly denied access to people expelled by the United States who have been detained without charge.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Multiple neighbors and Supreme Court employees have corroborated the reporting.
From Slate ● May 17, 2024
By doing so, they have corroborated an extremely interesting phenomenon that Nobel Prize laureate Frank Wilczek postulated around ten years ago and which had already found its way into science fiction movies.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
And since they seemed also to be consistent with the warning conveyed to me, and indeed to explain it, they should have corroborated my worst suspicions.
From The Snowball by Stanley John Weyman
