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vindication

[vin-di-key-shuhn] / ˌvɪn dɪˈkeɪ ʃən /




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Many defendants prefer to settle cases when they believe they did nothing wrong because fighting the agency is expensive and obtaining vindication can take years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Hunter-Neill's solicitor Victoria Haddock, of Phoenix Law, described the settlement by TalkTV as a "vindication of my client's reputation".

From BBC • May 17, 2026

"And it's a vindication for many, many other survivors because our stories are very, very similar," she said.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Still, as motorists cough up more than $100 in some cases to fill up their gas-powered cars, some EV drivers say they are feeling a sense of vindication.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

As befit the man who had challenged Ernest Rutherford’s disparagement of atomic power as “moonshine” back in 1933, Ernest Lawrence’s first instinct was to take the news of fission as vindication.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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