sourced

verb

past tense of source
as in referenced

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  1. documented
  2. corroborated
  3. validated
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  • On July 30, Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 documented a single operator running a largely autonomous attack campaign against dozens of targets, with AI agents handling reconnaissance and exploitation work that once required a team.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Her arrest was documented in the pilot episode of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the video of the incident resurfaced earlier this year.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of documented
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  • Four of the fires that Aaron Farinacci, 37, confessed to starting have been corroborated by detectives, prosecutors said.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The allegations have been corroborated by other student loan borrower advocates.
    — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of corroborated
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  • The Pennsylvania Lottery says winners aren't known until prizes are claimed and tickets are validated.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The advance leans on techniques from several mathematicians, and two Anthropic mathematicians, Levent Alpöge and Ralph Furman, studied and validated the proof.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of validated
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