as in attesting
to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact
several witnesses testified that they had seen the accused in the vicinity of the crime scene
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Recent Examples of testifying
True got immunity in exchange for testifying against the others.
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2024
He was prohibited from contacting his younger brother, who had joined him in the fatal robbery, and strongly advised by the parole board to stay away from his mother, who gave him the gun used in the robbery and then made national news by testifying against him in his trial.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Witty, meanwhile, was front and center in the aftermath, testifying during an April Senate hearing that the company paid a $22 million ransom.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
New York's first-degree murder charge applies only in cases where the victim is someone specific like a police officer or first responder, or if the killing involves a murder-for-hire or aims to prevent a witness to a crime from testifying in court.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Prosecutor Jillian Besancon said in court that part of the plea deal's purpose was to spare the victims from having to relive their trauma by testifying.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
As Syria convulses in revolutionary chaos and Gaza’s humanitarian crisis deepens, Netanyahu is in a stuffy Tel Aviv courtroom testifying in a criminal corruption trial.
—NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant tone in court on Tuesday, his first day testifying in his own corruption trial.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Dec. 2024
Nor is there any drama or plot to this non-story of a mind testifying to its own operations.
—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2024
He was prohibited from contacting his younger brother, who had joined him in the fatal robbery, and strongly advised by the parole board to stay away from his mother, who gave him the gun used in the robbery and then made national news by testifying against him in his trial.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Witty, meanwhile, was front and center in the aftermath, testifying during an April Senate hearing that the company paid a $22 million ransom.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
New York's first-degree murder charge applies only in cases where the victim is someone specific like a police officer or first responder, or if the killing involves a murder-for-hire or aims to prevent a witness to a crime from testifying in court.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Prosecutor Jillian Besancon said in court that part of the plea deal's purpose was to spare the victims from having to relive their trauma by testifying.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
As Syria convulses in revolutionary chaos and Gaza’s humanitarian crisis deepens, Netanyahu is in a stuffy Tel Aviv courtroom testifying in a criminal corruption trial.
—NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant tone in court on Tuesday, his first day testifying in his own corruption trial.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Dec. 2024
Nor is there any drama or plot to this non-story of a mind testifying to its own operations.
—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Testifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testifying. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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