as in declaration
a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something
a sworn affirmation that he had never acted as a spy for the enemy
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Recent Examples of affirmation
That’s a sign that words of affirmation may matter more to them.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
For everyone who saw them as the ultimate affirmation of life itself, someone else saw our treatment of them as reason to despair.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The pub is first and foremost a refuge from women, occasionally a place to display them, more often a scene of affirmation in the business of subduing them.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
His affirmations eventually came to fruition, as all three of his boys made it to the NBA and are living out their basketball dreams.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
For everyone who saw them as the ultimate affirmation of life itself, someone else saw our treatment of them as reason to despair.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The pub is first and foremost a refuge from women, occasionally a place to display them, more often a scene of affirmation in the business of subduing them.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
His affirmations eventually came to fruition, as all three of his boys made it to the NBA and are living out their basketball dreams.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for affirmation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affirmation
Noun
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In 2021, Abbott’s disaster declaration automatically suspended laws governing how the state spent money on Operation Lone Star.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Seoul, South Korea CNN — South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach over his declaration of martial law, has been freed from detention after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision canceling his arrest.—
Yoonjung Seo,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Colorado Education Association President Kevin Vick pushed back on the assertion that schools are operating with excess funding.—
Jessica Seaman,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
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The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on that assertion or on Furman's ruling.—
Luc Cohen,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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His conversational style in interviews is pensive and soft-spoken, almost professorial, which hooked up to the note of insistence just underneath the angel-cake vocal beauty.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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What is new is the brief’s insistence on recharacterizing the supply points as investors.—
Ryan Finley,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Affirmation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affirmation. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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