vindicate

Example Sentences

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Stopping the war weeks short would vindicate their Hormuz strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The need "to punish the club and to vindicate those clubs who have complied with the relevant rules" is referenced.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 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

The complaint in Villanueva’s lawsuit filed in June said it was an “attempt to clear his name, vindicate his reputation, and be made whole for the emotional distress defendants’ actions have caused him.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

She was hoping this testimony was going to seal it, vindicate all the effort, the pretrial preparation, the way she and others had extended themselves to take on Reggie.

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