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as in evidences
something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim
the "before" and "after" pictures are a testament to the effectiveness of the weight loss program
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as in ideologies
the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group
Jefferson's collected writings constitute his political testament
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Recent Examples of testaments
One of the greatest testaments to the French Laundry’s influence has been the sheer number of alumni who have opened acclaimed restaurants of their own, from Grant Achatz’s Alinea to Corey Lee’s Benu to Rene Redzepi’s Noma.
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Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
Today, there are few living testaments to that headcount.
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Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
About 2 miles north on Central, though, stand more quiet monuments, testaments to Native American resistance and resilience.
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Rebecca 'becca' Dyer,
AZCentral.com,
5 Mar. 2026
After two years of research, an art historian believes that the designs on glass Roman cage cups are testaments to the skill and collaborative efforts required to craft some of the empire’s most renowned pieces of glasswork.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
13 Nov. 2025
Hind’s voice — fragments of which spread online and were later verified and analyzed by outlets including The Washington Post, Sky News and Forensic Architecture — became one of the most haunting and emblematic testaments of the war in Gaza.
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Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
Her portraits of Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor are two of the most important artworks created in the 21st century, testaments to Black excellence and the epidemic of police violence.
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Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
These vehicles are physical testaments to design, craftsmanship, and the technological ambitions of their time.
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Malana Vantyler,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
Today, there are few living testaments to that headcount.
—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
About 2 miles north on Central, though, stand more quiet monuments, testaments to Native American resistance and resilience.
—
Rebecca 'becca' Dyer,
AZCentral.com,
5 Mar. 2026
After two years of research, an art historian believes that the designs on glass Roman cage cups are testaments to the skill and collaborative efforts required to craft some of the empire’s most renowned pieces of glasswork.
—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
13 Nov. 2025
Hind’s voice — fragments of which spread online and were later verified and analyzed by outlets including The Washington Post, Sky News and Forensic Architecture — became one of the most haunting and emblematic testaments of the war in Gaza.
—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
Her portraits of Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor are two of the most important artworks created in the 21st century, testaments to Black excellence and the epidemic of police violence.
—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
These vehicles are physical testaments to design, craftsmanship, and the technological ambitions of their time.
—
Malana Vantyler,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for testaments
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What Frost’s claim evidences is that perennial American anxiety about speaking a tongue whose name isn’t shared with that of our nationality.
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This evidences deliberate indifference to foreseeable violence.
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Active citizenship can defeat intolerant ideologies in debate and at the ballot box.
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Wagner suspects there are ties to the Active Club network, whose adult male members bond over white nationalist ideologies through workout sessions and mixed martial arts and have been associated with Patriot Front.
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But these testimonies reveal a larger machinery at work.
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Plot synopsis House of the Dragon attempts to condense and dramatize the conflicting accounts presented in Fire & Blood—stitched together from testimonies and court chronicles—into a single authoritative narrative.
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During the ceremony, an international agreement between Switzerland and Nigeria was signed that strengthened agreements between the two countries with regards to their philosophies on the import, export and repatriation of cultural property.
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And the hysteria over the centers seemed to be not as much about freedom, or competing educational philosophies, or politics at all, as about an ever-shrinking pot of money.
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The initial phase of isolated AI proofs-of-concept is over, replaced by a need for scalable, production-ready solutions.
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And humans verify whether those proofs are correct.
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Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines.
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The democratization of drone warfare complicates traditional counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations, requiring new doctrines, technologies, and legislative frameworks to confront the evolving threat landscape.
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Research coaches through referrals, LinkedIn, podcasts and testimonials.
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Social media is full of testimonials, but veterinarians and researchers tell a more complicated story about what this fungus can and cannot do.
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An avid field recordist, Kamaru has spoken of running his documentations of his surroundings—buses and bustling markets in Nairobi, sirens and birdsong in Berlin—through various types of digital processing, stretching and mulching and interweaving them with synths until the humdrum becomes musical.
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Last October, the cemetery was vandalized with historical documentations and markers as well as plaques with poems being removed and torn down.
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“Testaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testaments. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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