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Six example sentences with corroborate, each labelled with its topic.
A merchant's ledger found in Genoa corroborated the sailor's diary, showing both ships really did reach the island.
History
Two independent telescopes corroborate the dimming pattern, so astronomers no longer suspect a smudge on the original lens.
Science
Security footage from the bakery corroborates the driver's account of where he parked on the night in question.
Law
Auditors asked the bank to corroborate the cash balance directly, rather than trusting the spreadsheet the company supplied.
Finance
A second laboratory failed to corroborate the famous priming effect, and the textbook chapter was quietly rewritten.
Psychology
Reporters refused to run the story until a second official corroborated the minister's account of the late meeting.
Politics
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