Affirm

//əˈfɝm//

"Affirm" in a Sentence (16 examples)

According to the data in this problem, can we affirm that reflection or refraction is going to occur?

Many scientists affirm that life on Earth didn't arise by chance.

The exploiting classes try to immortalize false worldviews to affirm and strengthen their domination.

Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

It doesn't matter how others see you. What is important is to be sure to affirm your own self.

I checked my notes one more time to affirm that it was the place I had been told about.

Can you deny that something is real just like you can affirm something is real?

"We get thousands of e-mails and letters every year from people who are so passionate about Mavin, about what we are doing, what we represent, and how we affirm who they are," he says.

It's not a therapist's business to affirm a kid's identity.

"We don't affirm schizophrenia, so why affirm gender dysphoria?" "Gender dysphoria isn't considered a mental illness anymore, but in any case, the research does not tell us to affirm schizophrenia, unlike gender dysphoria. If affirming were the best treatment for schizophrenia, we would do it."

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She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.

Jesus, […] whom Paul affirmed to be alive

However, as anyone who knew Adrian Shooter would affirm, he very rarely took no for an answer.

gender-affirming; trans-affirming

They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.

Kate pointed out that these similarities between the various accounts of parents with trans children attracts criticism from those commentators who argue that trans children do not exist or should not be affirmed in their gender.

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