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Which word fits this meaning?
To strengthen a statement or finding with additional supporting evidence.
verb
Reveal word and examples
corroborate
A second set of measurements helped corroborate the initial result.
A campus journalist was investigating why a delivery missed the student book fair. Her firsthand account came from watching the driver wait at a locked entrance, rather than hearing the story from another reporter. A time-stamped message could corroborate her observation that the driver had requested access.