Example Sentences

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He said they will ascertain whether the captain, crew, individuals in charge of supervision, the ship-builder, or others could bear responsibility.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024

“I am certain that Virginia’s legal system will ascertain all the facts and adjudicate the matter in a timely and just fashion,” Gilbert said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2023

The draft says that in order to create robust supply chains, the four countries will ascertain their semiconductor supply capacities and identify vulnerability, the Nikkei said, without unveiling how it had obtained the document.

From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2021

A humidity gauge will ascertain that the machine is having an effect — 45 to 55 percent relative humidity is a typical target.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2020

I will ascertain, by some means, from whom, or in what way, this young man obtained sufficient money to commence and carry on a very expensive suit at law.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various