How to Use confirmation in a Sentence

confirmation

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  • Reporters awaited confirmation from the army about the battle.
  • You will receive confirmation of your order by e-mail.
  • You will receive an e-mail confirmation of your order.
  • We don't have independent confirmation of the facts.
  • Many senators are opposed to his confirmation as a federal judge.
  • Final confirmation came only after the investigation was completed.
  • But the book also details Ford’s life after the confirmation: the death threats, the upheaval, the backlash.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The confirmation came after the pages were leaked online.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The confirmation is likely to happen in the coming months, Borkhataria says.
    — WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The confirmation of sulphur is the first discovery of the element near the moon's south pole.
    — George Petras, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The victims have yet to be identified, and there has been no confirmation of the children's ages.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 21 July 2023
  • Police did not say how the altercation between the two groups started, and there is no confirmation that the teens were in the bar.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The skull is awaiting confirmation by a judge’s panel, which will determine whether it’s crowned the new No. 1 Roosevelt bull in the B&C book.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Last month, the Kills released a pair of new singles but withheld any confirmation that a new album was also on the way.
    — Spin Staff, Spin, 30 Aug. 2023
  • This was further confirmation that the correction from the July 27th highs was not over.
    — Tom Aspray, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The stores and other entities will need to publicly post confirmation of their registry with the state.
    — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Prior to the confirmation of the debris field, the military asked for the public’s help in finding the $80 million aircraft.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The confirmation, according to fan footage from the convention, elicited cheers from the crowd.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2023
  • La Follette had campaigned against Taft’s bid for reëlection in 1912, and had voted against his confirmation to the Court.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • More than four decades after her historic confirmation, four women now sit on the Supreme Court.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Sandy eventually received confirmation: the body found in the road was her son.
    — Emma Steele, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • In confirmation of that last bit (if any was needed) one old friend attached a snapshot to the obituary.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Out of the viral samples taken from sick people and sent to labs for confirmation, only 2 percent have turned out to be flu.
    — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But in another way, this feels like confirmation of my journey; that there can’t always be a storm.
    — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The landing time came and went in silence as flight controllers waited to hear confirmation of success.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The university has not announced a change, yet and will update students by the end of the month about any extensions to the confirmation deadline.
    — The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Rumors had been swirling around the couple for weeks, and the photos and videos of them at the Beyoncé show essentially served as confirmation of the news.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Some, like the Los Angeles Times and Insider, changed their stories to reflect the lack of confirmation surrounding the deaths.
    — Angela Yang, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Grusing was right, and the confirmation was a turning point in the investigation.
    — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 12 May 2023
  • Following the confirmation of his death, many of Flaherty’s co-stars and notable fans reacted to the news.
    — Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2024

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