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Collocations for confirm - verb

ADVERB

just, merely, only, simply
This latest tragedy merely confirms my view that the law must be tightened.
independently
These results were independently confirmed in a study of 48 patients.
officially
The plans were officially confirmed yesterday.
unanimously (AmE)
Clement was unanimously confirmed to serve on the District Court.
experimentally (technical)
I wanted to find a way to experimentally confirm the results.

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VERB + confirm

be able to, be unable to, can, could
appear to, seem to, tend to
These new symptoms tend to confirm my original diagnosis.
help (to)
Your veterinarian will suggest some tests to help confirm the diagnosis.

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Confirm is used with these nouns as the subject:
autopsy, document, evidence, examination, experiment, finding, inspection, pathologist, poll, report, research, result, scan, study, survey, test

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Confirm is used with these nouns as the object:
accuracy, allegation, appointment, arrangement, authenticity, belief, booking, conclusion, correctness, detail, diagnosis, existence, expectation, fear, feasibility, finding, flight, hunch, hypothesis, identity, importance, impression, judgement, news, nominee, perception, prediction, pregnancy, prejudice, presence, report, reservation, result, rumour, speculation, status, stereotype, superiority, support, supposition, suspicion, theory, validity, view, willingness, worst

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