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validate

[val-i-dayt] / ˈvæl ɪˌdeɪt /


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He said "there are a lot of processes" that the onboard crew and people on the ground must go through "to validate the credibility of the threat".

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Many business risks that Anthropic enumerates seem to validate China’s growing heft as an AI innovator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

"Our flight test team ran a disciplined, methodical campaign to validate every system," said Chris Payne, general manager for 737 airplane development programs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

“I don’t necessarily need a 100-yard game to validate what I can do on the field,” said Adams, who is in his second season with the Rams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Annie looked to the side, like there was somebody else who could validate Luke’s weirdness.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

The data validates the "BOK's upbeat assessment ... that booming demand for chips is keeping exports and investment strong", said Kwon Hyo-sung of Bloomberg Economics.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

"It was built upon foundational basic research at the Salk Institute, validates those preclinical findings in patients, and provides a road map for future studies that could someday establish a new treatment standard."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

“It really validates what we felt as exhibitors,” said Gunsky, who is the second-generation owner of the Campbell, Calif.-based chain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

“We agree the win validates the appropriateness of the adjuvant setting for a vaccine,” Leerink Partners analyst Daina Graybosch wrote in a note on Thursday.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

If you have a heterogeneous class make up of many different ethnicities, abilities, races, providing activities validates who they are as people, and sends a message that their voices are valued.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Now, those concerns are finally being validated, O’Rourke said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

"We have validated that the technology works in drone applications and that it is dramatically quieter," says Sharrow.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

So Leiden developed a strategy of only working on validated targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The research team then used a validated food database to calculate how much Neu5Gc participants were likely consuming based on the measured amounts of the sugar in different foods.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Artists do not create merely for their own satisfaction but want their work validated by others.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

During the pandemic, when Wolf quit her 9-to-5 job and had the opportunity to focus on music, she began releasing songs regularly online to a slow and validating growth, selling out her first postpandemic concert.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

A messy legal battle ensued, and earlier this month the Missouri Supreme Court sided with the petitioners, finding Hoskins in contempt while validating the legality of the referendum petition.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

"It is really validating and it raises your self-esteem a little bit, it means a lot."

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

“These conversations consistently help,” he told me, “by either validating a decision I’m leaning toward or giving me a completely fresh perspective.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Five years later, a handsome, apple-cheeked young man named Andrew would look back at that conversation as one of the most validating moments of his life.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater


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