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• v  establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
• v  represent in bodily form
  The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
• v  make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
  our ideas must be substantiated into actions
• v  solidify, firm, or strengthen
  The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country

• The archdiocese also received repeated allegations about homosexual activity but was unable to substantiate them.
• And the prosecutor may be seeking to substantiate a Sept.
• Daughter of a lawyer and sister of three more, Krawcheck learned early on to substantiate her assertionsor keep quiet.

• confirm
• corroborate
• sustain
• support
• affirm
• incarnate
• body forth
• embody
• realize
• realise
• actualize
• actualise

• negate

News & Articles

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• Dotcom Alleges Megaupload Raid Was Part of Deal To Film The Hobbit
  c0lo writes "Kim Dotcom alleges, in an 20 min interview with the Australian public television, that Megaupload was offered up by the New Zealand's PM 'on a silver platter' as part of negotiations with Warner Brothers executives for shooting the Hobbit in New Zealand. He promises that he'll substantiate the claims in court. He also says that the extradition case the US govt is weak and the reason ...
  June 14, 2013 - Slashdot
• UFOs Sighted Over British Scientology HQ: Hubbard Returns For The Faithful
  Most major media outlets have yet to pick up on a seemingly far-fetched report of UFOs spotted over the Church of Scientology Headquarters in East Grinstead. This might have something to do with the fact that not a single blurry cell phone photo or grainy video shred of evidence exists to substantiate the claim. The East [...] UFOs Sighted Over British Scientology HQ: Hubbard Returns For The ...
  June 13, 2013 - The Inquisitr

Quotes

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• Scott McClellan in FOXNews
  I think there's a certain journalistic standard that should be met. In this instance it was not. This was a report based on a single anonymous source that could not substantiate the allegation that was made,McClellan added. "The report has...
• Olli Rehn in Herald Sun
  Spain needs to substantiate the new target with concrete measures,Mr Rehn said.
• Joseph Lowery in Charlotte Observer
  That was not the Martin I know and I don't think they can substantiate that by any shape, form or fashion. It's purely propaganda and poppycock,Lowery said. "Even if he was, he would have nothing to do with what the Republican Party stands...