validation

Over time, they turn into an anxious mess, needing validation from the black-box algorithmic number.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Speaking shortly after the court ruling was announced on Wednesday, Emma Lovell's husband Lee said it was "some validation that Emma's life did matter," adding that his eldest daughter was "pretty pleased" with the result.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

“Just by having the hearings, it validates it. It’s a validation tool. ‘If they’re talking about it, it must be real.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Hearing that validation in therapy and from really wonderful subjects helped me get there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Velia looked at her twin sister for validation, not grasping the full meaning of what I was getting at.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Swinney was asked repeatedly during the BBC interview whether the hospital had received a full set of safety validations for every ward and unit, a question that opposition parties have also been asking.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026

"Without experimental validations as yet, we know the community will be skeptical about this very non-mainstream prediction," Ruan said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023

One might also ponder the moral incongruity of Downey embracing an Oscar nomination for a performance designed to skewer such validations of reprehensible acts committed in the name of exercising one's craft.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2023

DeAngelis said state laws that restrict the dispensing of medications used for abortions have forced the company to start the validations.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2022

Their thinly veiled condescension, their false validations irritated her.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie