be valid
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Some of the online judgment may seem unkind, but in today’s market, the criticism may be valid.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
For a disclaimer to be valid, the person disclaiming an asset must not have benefited from it, say, by spending the dividends from a stock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Maass said he believes Cordero’s concerns about the agency surveilling humanitarian volunteers may be valid.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026
"This withdrawal will only be valid if our services can fully verify by regaining control of the city," Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya told AFP.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
And of course facts and theories have an intimate relationship: what counts as a fact depends on the theories you hold, and whether a theory appears to be valid depends on the facts you acknowledge.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
