validate
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Anthropomorphic language can inadvertently shift attention away from the real engineering challenges: ensuring AI systems validate assumptions, distinguish simulations from production environments and operate within appropriate safeguards before taking consequential actions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
There is not a speck of evidence to validate that theory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 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
They analyzed the data second by second to build and validate their own performance models.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
My assumption was that he would hear what Barack and I had to say and then instantly validate all my grievances.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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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 result validates the thesis of bearish investors heading into the trial, Jefferies analyst Akash Tewari wrote in a note to clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 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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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
"This flyby calibration effort validated the instrument's performance under dynamic conditions while also revealing the fascinating physics of planetary magnetism."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 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
The administration says it will be paid out if the claims are validated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Now, just like that, they were his “work,” validated and stolen in one fell swoop.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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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
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
The framework tasks AI agents with validating vulnerabilities, generating software fixes and automatically testing remediation efforts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 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
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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