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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was reaffirm" is not correct in standard English usage.
The correct form would be "was reaffirmed," which is the past tense of the verb "reaffirm." Example: "The committee's decision was reaffirmed during the meeting."
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was reaffirm
verb
To affirm again.
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What it did was reaffirm existing law.
In fact, he said, all it did was reaffirm that corporations have free speech rights and that, without such rights, newspapers would have lost the major press freedom rulings that allowed the publication of the Pentagon Papers and made it easier for newspapers to defend themselves against libel suits in New York Times v. Sullivan.
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One certainty was reaffirmed, though.
(The rating was reaffirmed in November).
He was reaffirming the doctrine of credibility.
That treaty was reaffirmed in 1959.
This resolution was reaffirmed by the General Assembly in 1977.
That message was reaffirmed by the British defense minister, Bob Ainsworth.
That status was reaffirmed by the I.R.S. as part of its settlement with the company.
"But it was reaffirmed and reassured through the leadership: We're at war.
Mr. Davis appealed his sentence but his prison term was reaffirmed on Wednesday.
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