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vindicate

[vin-di-keyt] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt /


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Moreover, a recent late-stage study of its tozorakimab drug candidate for smokers’ cough seems to vindicate AstraZeneca’s approach of developing potentially the best—rather than first—of its class of medicines, Bernstein notes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Sinn Féin MP Maskey said the coroner's findings vindicate families who have long maintained their loved ones were innocent and shot without justification.

From BBC May 1, 2026

Megan notes that the data vindicate Fed officials’ decision to keep interest rates steady at the January meeting.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

“We are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism,” the president said, “to vindicate with decision the honor, the rights, and the interests of our country.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

She expected me to vindicate her life for her, and the choices she’d made.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

These analysts will claim that the stock market’s huge rally to begin this week’s trading vindicates their beliefs.

From MarketWatch Mar. 23, 2026

The Govan Law Centre added the legal challenge "was always one of process" and the fact the UK government has already reconsidered the cuts "vindicates" their clients.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2025

Both the police and Gascón’s chief of staff, Joseph Iniguez, claim the video vindicates their respective interpretations of events.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2024

“This ruling both vindicates what I have done in the past and gives me the strength to continue fearlessly doing the people’s business in the months and years ahead,” Ms. Frenchko said in a statement.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2024

The second edition has a Preface in which Defoe vindicates himself from the charge of depreciating his countrymen.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

Lawyers acting on the landowners' behalf said they had been "vindicated".

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

After Stagg convinces the leaders to postpone D-day, he is vindicated by a deluge of rain that arrives while everyone is attending church at Southwark House on June 5.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

The Department of Homeland Security, which comprises ICE, said on X it was confident it would be "vindicated in this case."

From Barron's May 19, 2026

In 2014, his vision was vindicated; the unit successfully treated its first Ebola patients.

From Slate May 14, 2026

If anything, I felt vindicated; I’d been right about Abel all along.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

So watching the rest of the world finally catch up feels a little vindicating.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

But the case was a close one with only five justices full-throatedly vindicating the Fourth Amendment’s privacy protection goals.

From Slate Jul. 1, 2026

“He looks forward to vindicating himself in court, where such matters are decided — and not in the media — based on admissible, material evidence, not rank speculation and unsubstantiated allegations.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Now, another war is vindicating Beijing’s decision to view this as a critical sector.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

Thus vindicating those who bore influence in her formative years.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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