be valid

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Mourinho has signed a three-year deal to return to Real, but the 63-year-old's contract will only be valid if current president Florentino Perez wins the presidential election on 7 June.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

For a swap to be valid, any assets you take out of the trust must be replaced with assets of the same value.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Some of the online judgment may seem unkind, but in today’s market, the criticism may be valid.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

For a disclaimer to be valid, the person disclaiming an asset must not have benefited from it, say, by spending the dividends from a stock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

And of course facts and theories have an intimate relationship: what counts as a fact depends on the theories you hold, and whether a theory appears to be valid depends on the facts you acknowledge.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton