- present tense form of validate (3rd person singular).
validates
Example Sentences
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"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
“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
For residents and community groups, the report validates what they’ve been experiencing firsthand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
“A sizeable commitment from a frontier compute provider validates Indonesia’s ambition to move up the digital value chain and deepens the region’s ecosystem,” Tay writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
