- present participle of validate.
validating
Example Sentences
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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
Carlini said the Ghost hack illustrated the difficulty of the problem the world now faces in validating, testing patches and then rolling them out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
A strong first-quarter earnings report has extended Alphabet’s rally this year, validating the company’s substantial investments in artificial intelligence with actual revenue.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Although we had decades of clinical data validating its effectiveness, it was an observation from a longitudinal study of healthy nurses in the 1980s that spurred the largest bump in hormone usage.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
In any case, despite the anti- climactic results, the test results were interpreted by the AEC as validating Livermore’s role as the developer of “new ideas” in thermonuclear technology.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
