In 2005,then-minority Senate Democrats mounted an unsuccessful effort to filibuster the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who was nominated by former-President George W.Bush.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

So, this very simple example is that-- is the confirmation bias.

举个很简单的例子-,“确认偏向”

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

I'm reminded of the confirmation screen here and that's not too bad, then we put in the card and we click confirm and then finally we see the swap Then finally literally nine steps later the ticket comes out of the machine and then, frankly, had to go through the process of where to put the ticket in the machines.

这里出现了确认画面,那还不是太坏，然后我们把卡插进去,点击确认，然后我们看到了那个,函数。，swap，function。,【笑声】然后最终经过9个步骤,票从机器中出来了，然后，需要找出从哪里,把票放到机器中去。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

But those observations were made years ago and NASA scientists had not trusted the results without clear confirmation.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

They might matter a lot because humans have, in general, a confirmation bias such that once you believe something other information is then encoded along the likes to support what you believe.

可能是因为人…,所有人都有确认偏向,也就是说，一旦你相信了某件事,其他信息都会被你解读成,支持你所相信的信息。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Republicans in the Senate say they will ask about her lack of judicial experience during confirmation hearings.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

This is incredibly important because if you picture having a double bond in a very large molecule, you could have all sorts of other atoms off this way and all sorts of other atoms off this way, and you can picture the shape would be very different if you have one confirmation versus another confirmation.

这是十分重要的,因为如果你想象在一个大分子里有一个双键，你可以在这里有各种各样的其它原子,在这里也有各种各样的其它原子，你可以想象一个构型,和另外一个构型之间的形状差别是非常大的。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

But the president's decision to renominate Ben Bernanke for Senate confirmation is considered a safe one.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

Judge Sonia Sotomayor appears headed for confirmation to the United States Supreme Court.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

No date has been set for confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

On Thursday,the Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing for Mr.Panetta.

VOA: special.2011.06.11

NASA scientists had not trusted the results without clear confirmation.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

The next step is to prepare for Senate confirmation hearings.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the newest member of the high court, following her confirmation by the Senate in August.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

"And it also presents confirmation from the United States that Russia's wishes are very important in this part of the world.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

President Obama,in his weekly address, is calling on the Senate to give Judge Sotomayor a swift, rigorous and principled confirmation.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

"As of this morning, we do have that confirmation." Jones was speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press" program.

VOA: standard.2009.08.09

In Johannesburg, a spokeswoman for the Airports Company South Africa, Unathi Batyashe-Fillis, said the company had no confirmation on what caused the crash.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

There was no immediate government or independent confirmation of such incidents or the reports of fighting between protesters and security forces in Qom.

VOA: standard.2009.12.22

Independent confirmation of the death toll is not possible because the region is a militant stronghold.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

There is no independent confirmation of the tolls, and the region has been closed to outsiders.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

There is no independent confirmation of the tolls, as the region is closed to outsiders and is dangerous even for local reporters to visit.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

In the meantime,Utiashvili says he cannot provide official confirmation of a Russian connection.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

But doctors say: stay away. "We have no confirmation that anyone has actually done this, but there is certainly lots of chatter on the Internet, and so we know that people are asking these questions,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

And we've got to earn their trust," The president spoke at the end of his first formal meeting with all of the members of his Cabinet - except for Health and Human Services Secretary-designee Kathleen Sebelius who is awaiting Senate confirmation.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20