The phrase "affirmed over" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where one statement or decision is confirmed or validated in relation to another, but it is not commonly recognized.
Example: "The court affirmed over the previous ruling, establishing a new precedent."
Alternatives: "confirmed in favor of" or "validated against".
He claimed no authority over them, but helped them to doubt those who did claim such authority, whether civil or religious, and he affirmed over and over again their right and responsibility to think for themselves and to reach their own judgment on matters.
The Court of Appeals affirmed over petitioner's claim that the returns were inflammatory, prejudicial, and irrelevant.
That power has been affirmed over and over in prosecutions for contempt.
The Copper Queen is haunted, or at least that is what the owners claim and what numerous guests have affirmed over the years with stories about mysterious voices, odd sounds and smells, and even levitating objects.
Their conclusion was affirmed over the next several years by additional scientific reviews conducted by the National Institutes of Health, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and the drug-regulatory agencies of Britain, Canada and the European Union, and by an issues audit done by the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general.
I am sure that the intent of both Morris and Moynihan is very honorable; however, the Moynihan bill would undercut an entitlement to poor children which has been built up and affirmed over 40 years.
As she affirms over and over in her book, Ford — a Guitar Player magazine "Certified Legend" — was the first female to play serious lead guitar in a hard rock band.
The jury found Imbler guilty and fixed punishment at death. 4 On appeal the Supreme Court of California affirmed unanimously over numerous contentions of error.
A judge in Munich affirmed that over 170 objects of religious art, looted from ancient places of worship after the island's summer of war in 1974, should return to their proper owners, the churches of Cyprus.
With the C.B.D., nations like Brazil, whose rain forests have long drawn bio-prospectors looking for new plant-based drugs and therapies, affirmed sovereignty over the genes within their borders.
Yeltsin's Russian government has affirmed control over economic reform.
