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[val-i-deyt] / ˈvæl ɪˌdeɪt /


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Nvidia’s stock got a boost from Dell Technologies’ earnings on Wednesday, with analysts noting that the server maker’s commentary helped validate Nvidia’s view of a robust and expanding artificial-intelligence market.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

“Waymo’s immediate focus is preparing to launch rider-only service in San Diego later this summer and continuing to validate its technology in Sacramento.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Anthropomorphic language can inadvertently shift attention away from the real engineering challenges: ensuring AI systems validate assumptions, distinguish simulations from production environments and operate within appropriate safeguards before taking consequential actions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

A £500 deposit is also required to validate their candidacy, which they only get back if they achieve more than 5% of the vote share.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Even though he started to validate her, he went on to say that he didn’t like the dog.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

“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

“Just by having the hearings, it validates it. It’s a validation tool. ‘If they’re talking about it, it must be real.’

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Though she said the win validates her decision to come to Glasgow, she defended the decision of others to withdraw.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Apple’s decision validates Nvidia’s continued leading role in the AI chip sector amid increasing competition.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 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

Pangram’s CEO, co-founder and self-proclaimed “slop janitor” Max Spero said the tool’s high rate of accuracy has been validated by multiple third-party studies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

In the 1990s, Sandra Scarr provided research that partially validated and expanded on Winnicott’s ideas.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

Researchers evaluated changes in mood using validated questionnaires that measure symptoms of anxiety and depression.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

He said that with closed-circuit cameras everywhere, any allegation of a security breach easily can be validated or disproved.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 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

For many, the refusal to acknowledge any kind of pecking order will feel fresh, fun, validating and/or thought-provoking.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

The results mark the first successful late-stage trial for a personalized mRNA cancer therapy, validating decades of research into custom treatments engineered specifically for an individual’s tumor mutations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

"The next steps will involve validating these findings in animal models of early post-traumatic osteoarthritis and studying how ultrasound-based modulation affects long-term tissue repair in joint injury settings," Subramanian says.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

The conflict has functioned as an accelerated stress test, compressing years of operational learning into months and validating or refuting assumptions about real-world system performance.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 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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