CIRCUMSTANTIATING Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

circumstantiating

verb

present participle of circumstantiate

as in backing (up)

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Many are now scheduled for next year, proving again that delays are a constant in the space industry.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
As a result of Holzman’s advocacy and Dylan’s example, the singer-songwriter movement was born, once again proving that American music is defined not by its adherence to the past, but by its capacity for reinvention.

— Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Definition of proving

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The former second-round pick is suddenly one of the Lakers’ primary summer league players and hopes to use the experience as an important stepping stone, building up his game while also establishing a leadership voice.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
As a bonus, those seasons are ideal for planting a replacement shrub or re-establishing a lawn if it is damaged during the shrub removal.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026

Definition of establishing

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This figure may be based on intuition rather than fact; Kyle Patterson, RMNP’s public affairs officer, couldn’t find any recent studies corroborating it.

— Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 26 June 2026
The global secondary market hit $240 billion in transaction volume in 2025—a 48% year-over-year jump and the largest year on record, according to Jefferies—with Lazard independently corroborating a 53% surge to $233 billion.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 June 2026

Definition of corroborating

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Carr, who has spent decades documenting South Florida's Indigenous history, said the region's Native population had been devastated long before the American Revolution.

— Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Following Folklore and Evermore, the album also saw Swift return to her autobiographical tone in her songwriting, documenting various eras of her career and personal life.

— Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

Definition of documenting

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The program has also introduced Earthster, a modeling platform that helps companies evaluate the environmental impact of semiconductor manufacturing by identifying energy use, material consumption, and carbon-emission hotspots across their products.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
The unknown profile, prosecutors said, did not contain enough identifying information to be submitted to CODIS, the national DNA database.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

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Kyiv has also stepped up long-range drone and missile strikes inside Russia, targeting energy, military and logistics infrastructure, demonstrating the progress Ukraine has made in developing domestic strike capabilities.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Boston Consulting Group suggests CEO hopefuls start cultivating a social media presence and demonstrating the ability to represent a company at least five years before expecting to take the top job.

— Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Definition of demonstrating

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At the time, Taylor was in the process of re-recording her first six albums after not being given the chance to buy back her masters, but has since secured complete ownership of her discography.

— Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026
Crow-Armstrong has been crafty on the base paths, recording 21 steals on 27 attempts.

— Data Skrive, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of recording

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Increasingly, the focus must shift toward continuously validating the humans interacting with those systems.

— Sagar Gupta, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
At its best, the film rebuffs standard-issue 1950s heteronormativity, validating queerness at a moment when the Motion Picture Production Code forbade explicit reference to it.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026

Definition of validating

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