valid

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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

Mid and East Antrim Council said that "any property being sold or rented must have a valid Energy Performance Certificate, which reflects insulation and energy efficiency".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Charging fees to cross the strait would "lack a valid legal basis", Roscini said.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Instead of responding to these valid concerns by expanding the debate, USC has doubled down.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Any bit of nonsense can be computerized—astrology, biorhythms, the I Ching—but that doesn’t make the nonsense any more valid.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos