He's affirming the slipperiness, or as he calls it the treachery, of images, of language – that a word and an object have no necessary connection other than that we collectively assigned that word and that object to go together.
By opening with it, he's affirming the criticism that Politifact values equivalence over facts.
As Karen continued, she expressed resentment for her husband's affirmation in his professional life and believed it unfair that he be affirmed at home.
He was affirmed on appeal in both cases.
After an hourlong hearing during which members made emotional pitches for and against Dr. Braxton — speaking at microphones set up near the altar in orderly, alternating statements of support and opposition — he was affirmed by a vote of 455 to 66, with 33 abstentions.
Look how his face lit up as soon as he was affirmed by his father.
In 1994, after Mr. Mari Bras renounced his American citizenship and said he was affirming Puerto Rican citizenship, his action prompted many other "independentistas" to do the same.
He is affirming the divinity of this wisdom, but denying the anthropomorphic character of much Greek religion.
Do not take them through editing out of context and make it seem like he was affirming the charge being made by the interviewer there.
