bear witness

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Definition of bear witnessnext
as in testify
to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact Both parties were asked to bear witness during the trial.

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Recent Examples of bear witness Public officials attend each year to bear witness and show their respects, not deliver self-important speeches. — Ken Frydman, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026 And McCoy’s survival also bears witness to the power of friendship and the determination of a community to keep him alive. — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026 Even when the trauma is not ours, bearing witness to it repeatedly can affect us. — Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026 To bear witness to horrors visited on us by those forces at work in the world that would strip us of our humanity is perhaps the best act of human-ness open to us. — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bear witness

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“Bear witness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bear%20witness. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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