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[val-i-deyt] / ˈvæl ɪˌdeɪt /


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The Clacton result was the first time that Count Binface has retained the £500 deposit candidates are required to make to validate their nomination.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

He was an active participant in defending Andrew Tate, using his influence to validate an accused predator because it fit the edgy, anti-establishment aesthetic of the modern manosphere media.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

"We will miss an opportunity if we don't have instruments on board to validate those models."

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

Nothing would validate AI’s promise more than improving the process of creating medicines for diseases like Alzheimer’s and cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

By contrast, Lauritsen and his Caltech colleagues soberly devoted two full pages to a meticulous accounting of every step they had taken to validate the French findings on carbon and boron alone.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Though she said the win validates her decision to come to Glasgow, she defended the decision of others to withdraw.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Max Cady either validates the paranoia of upstanding men obsessed with protecting or dominating women, or the disdain felt by those whom such men look down upon.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

“The Anthropic lease validates our strategy and establishes a long-duration revenue stream with one of the world’s leading AI companies,” TeraWulf CEO Paul Prager said in a statement.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

The Wall Street Journal talked to Chesky about the hotel push, AI’s potential and why the World Cup validates its strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 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

In the 1990s, Sandra Scarr provided research that partially validated and expanded on Winnicott’s ideas.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

He said that with closed-circuit cameras everywhere, any allegation of a security breach easily can be validated or disproved.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Unlike traditional computers, where outputs can be validated by running the same problem on other computers, some quantum computer outputs push beyond the limits of what classical computers can verify.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Over the weekend, an uneasy ceasefire established itself across the Persian Gulf, suggesting Signum’s theories had been borne out and validated by events.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

He has a zealous smile on his face, like he’s just been validated.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

An analyst upgraded Backblaze, validating its cost-effective HDD-based storage as crucial for AI infrastructure amid rising demand.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Co-host Yasmine Summan says seeing Armstrong headline a major festival is "really validating" but "there definitely is always room for more."

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

“It will shift the emphasis from finding issues to validating, prioritizing and fixing at a level of speed and automation to stay ahead of what will be machine-speed attackers,” Taneja said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 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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