verify
verb (used with object)
to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate.
verifiability
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a word derived from
verify.
Example Sentences
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Soon, he was channeling the same obsessive focus he had for climbing into the voting-machine business, its obscure state laws and county regulations, its competing and complicated demands for privacy, security, access and verifiability.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
“The credibility of witnesses and the verifiability of allegations are always at issue in litigation,” Mr. Palladino said in a statement at the time.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2021
Ironically, this technology that promises transparency and verifiability is presented as completely inscrutable.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2020
People often assume that science is the realm of certainty and verifiability, while religion is the place of reasonless belief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2016
I myself agree most cordially that for an idea to be true the object must be 'as' the idea declares it, but I explicate the 'as'-ness as meaning the idea's verifiability.
From Meaning of Truth by William James
