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verification principle

British

noun

(in the philosophy of the logical positivists) the doctrine that nontautologous statements are meaningful only if it is in principle possible to establish empirically whether they are true or false

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At least some vessels, they added, faced "a slow, opaque verification process and, in many cases, multimillion dollar toll demands".

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Siloed student data systems and platforms further hinder that verification process, while limited federal funding forces many districts to rely on short-term grants and donations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The record-setting QR code and its verification process, including electron microscope readout, were conducted jointly by TU Wien and Cerabyte in front of witnesses.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Last month, Discord’s Help Center clarified that it first rolled out the verification process to those two nations in response to these laws.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

They added if work was not completed within the allotted time, the entire verification process had to be repeated.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

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