validate
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A soft number on Friday would validate Fed staff projections that monthly inflation readings should decelerate to levels consistent with 2% inflation now that tariff effects have worked through the system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
With the dollar now trading near its lowest levels since late May, currency-market experts warn that the Treasury Department’s latest move to cap bond yields has only helped validate the long-simmering concerns of dollar skeptics.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The results from a Merck-Moderna partnership validate years of research into a new approach to cancer treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
A £500 deposit is also required to validate their candidacy, which they only get back if they achieve more than 5% of the vote share.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
At Princeton, researchers used imaging techniques in monkeys and humans to validate and further the understanding of what happens when the brain is asked to consider two different sources of information.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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“It builds pride in one’s own neighborhood and validates experiences and expands on the possibility of what you can be as a young child and sparks your imagination,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
It is also validates Moderna’s strategy as it tries to bounce back in the post-pandemic era.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 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
"This important certification validates the rigor of our airplane's design and recognizes the determination and resilience of our 737 MAX development team," said Stephanie Pope, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 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
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Rather than simply drawing a line inland, their algorithms identify the fastest walking routes to refuge sites beyond "waves' reach," which local authorities have validated.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Rather than offering sound advice, Vance recalled, the bot simply validated selfish behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Our priority is ensuring Kalshi’s settlements rest on objective, scientifically validated atmospheric data,” said James Belanger, vice president of meteorology at the Weather Co.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the 1990s, Sandra Scarr provided research that partially validated and expanded on Winnicott’s ideas.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
By honoring both the invention of an essential instrument for large-scale research and the creation of a laboratory model to put it to use, the Nobel committee validated a sea change in science.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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For many, the refusal to acknowledge any kind of pecking order will feel fresh, fun, validating and/or thought-provoking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
"It is really validating and it raises your self-esteem a little bit, it means a lot."
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
"The next steps will involve validating these findings in animal models of early post-traumatic osteoarthritis and studying how ultrasound-based modulation affects long-term tissue repair in joint injury settings," Subramanian says.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The conflict has functioned as an accelerated stress test, compressing years of operational learning into months and validating or refuting assumptions about real-world system performance.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Five years later, a handsome, apple-cheeked young man named Andrew would look back at that conversation as one of the most validating moments of his life.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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