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[val-i-dayt] / ˈvæl ɪˌdeɪt /


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Her work allowed the team to validate the August 24 date attributed to Pliny the Younger to within two months.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

This year Nvidia has started using AI agents to help build virtual environments to train robots and validate whether the solutions from training work or not.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Junior candidates, she said, need to show hands-on capability earlier, including cloud and identity basics, AI fluency and the ability to validate automated outputs instead of simply trusting them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Residents said that many of the findings reflect their experiences — and validate their fears as they work to rebuild in a region infamous for its wildfire, earthquake and flood risks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

My poor child has given herself over to fear, and that fear has made her desperate to validate her misperceptions.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

“It really validates what we felt as exhibitors,” said Gunsky, who is the second-generation owner of the Campbell, Calif.-based chain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Marvell’s commercial agreement with Google, which includes a warrant to buy nearly 59 million Marvell shares, further validates the company’s progress, the analysts write.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

It is also validates Moderna’s strategy as it tries to bounce back in the post-pandemic era.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 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

Flannery added: "I wish, in my political heart, it was all now irrelevant. But with my vanity and my desire to be listened to as a writer, I do feel validated."

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

They point out that ITM sits within a commercially validated category, with global annual sales of US$800 million for approved somatostatin receptor-targeted radioligand therapies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

So far, users have submitted over 350,000 observations, about half of which have been validated and paid for.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

"We finally feel validated for everything we go through every day," says Dr Tony Cirillo, President of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Looking back in 1662, Boyle hailed the experiment at the Puy-de-Dôme as the experimentum crucis, the crucial experiment, which had validated a new physics.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In the time between discovering and reporting the incident, OpenAI says it was validating and investigating the extent of the hack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

A messy legal battle ensued, and earlier this month the Missouri Supreme Court sided with the petitioners, finding Hoskins in contempt while validating the legality of the referendum petition.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

Layla says she has always given herself a hard time for not "coming up to scratch" but that taking part in the research project has felt "validating and freeing".

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

He didn’t want to get into this again, to be forced to appease Luke while still validating the fact that he went to the Deuce.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss




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