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validate

[val-i-dayt] / ˈvæl ɪˌdeɪt /


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"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 love that you validate gossip as part of the excavation process for making sure you’re having the right fight with the right information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Her work allowed the team to validate the August 24 date attributed to Pliny the Younger to within two months.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Revenue could be weighted toward 4Q due to the time needed to validate locally sourced chip equipment components, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

At Princeton, researchers used imaging techniques in monkeys and humans to validate and further the understanding of what happens when the brain is asked to consider two different sources of information.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

"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 builds pride in one’s own neighborhood and validates experiences and expands on the possibility of what you can be as a young child and sparks your imagination,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Marvell’s commercial agreement with Google, which includes a warrant to buy nearly 59 million Marvell shares, further validates the company’s progress, the analysts write.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

It is also validates Moderna’s strategy as it tries to bounce back in the post-pandemic era.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 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

The technology remains experimental and has not yet been validated as a treatment tool for people with knee osteoarthritis.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Flannery added: "I wish, in my political heart, it was all now irrelevant. But with my vanity and my desire to be listened to as a writer, I do feel validated."

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

They point out that ITM sits within a commercially validated category, with global annual sales of US$800 million for approved somatostatin receptor-targeted radioligand therapies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

So far, users have submitted over 350,000 observations, about half of which have been validated and paid for.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Even before Livingston’s results had been validated properly, Ernest was mapping out a campaign to acquire a more powerful electromagnet to drive protons beyond the million-volt threshold.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The former world number 44 ruthlessly brushed aside Italian 15th seed Paolini in a 6-2 6-0 victory, further validating Kartal's patient approach to recovering from the first serious injury of her career.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Government officials said Smart’s debut was always planned to be limited before validating the software and expanding its capabilities, such as spacing out arrival times and planning routes days in advance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

I was like, ‘Thank you for validating this!’

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

In any case, despite the anti- climactic results, the test results were interpreted by the AEC as validating Livermore’s role as the developer of “new ideas” in thermonuclear technology.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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