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vindicate

[vin-di-keyt] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt /


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Stopping the war weeks short would vindicate their Hormuz strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

The need "to punish the club and to vindicate those clubs who have complied with the relevant rules" is referenced.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2026

Megan notes that the data vindicate Fed officials’ decision to keep interest rates steady at the January meeting.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

Julia and Mark discuss the remaining paths to justice after the killing of Renee Good and examine what happens when the DOJ abandons its duty to seek accountability and vindicate civil rights.

From Slate Jan. 17, 2026

Still, Picasso believed in his vision, and he believed that the future would vindicate him.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

To AI-safety experts, it vindicates what they have been warning about all along: that AI systems would cause real-world harms and evade attempts to control them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

These analysts will claim that the stock market’s huge rally to begin this week’s trading vindicates their beliefs.

From MarketWatch Mar. 23, 2026

This is a moment really that vindicates truth-telling.

From Slate Nov. 7, 2025

GB News CEO Angelos Frangopoulos said the decision "vindicates GB News' position as the fearless defender of free speech in the United Kingdom", while Ofcom said it "accepted the court's guidance".

From BBC Feb. 28, 2025

True culture brings out the common human mind in all, and the rare gifts that are in the few, and vindicates the force of Nature by the perfection of its art.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various

People physically show up, demanding that their rights be vindicated.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

The publisher's defence that there was no wrongdoing was vindicated.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

After the dot-com bubble burst in 2001 without leaving much of an imprint on the broader economy, Greenspan felt vindicated.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

After Stagg convinces the leaders to postpone D-day, he is vindicated by a deluge of rain that arrives while everyone is attending church at Southwark House on June 5.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

C.P. felt more than vindicated; he felt valued.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

So watching the rest of the world finally catch up feels a little vindicating.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

But the case was a close one with only five justices full-throatedly vindicating the Fourth Amendment’s privacy protection goals.

From Slate Jul. 1, 2026

Now, another war is vindicating Beijing’s decision to view this as a critical sector.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

For Ali Salehpour, it felt somewhat vindicating to hear those words.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2025

Thus vindicating those who bore influence in her formative years.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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