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vindicate

[vin-di-keyt] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt /


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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

The war seemed to vindicate America’s bold experiment in democracy.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

She was hoping this testimony was going to seal it, vindicate all the effort, the pretrial preparation, the way she and others had extended themselves to take on Reggie.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

"When you see that bond, and just that love she had for the lambs, it vindicates the decision."

From BBC Feb. 11, 2026

Both the police and Gascón’s chief of staff, Joseph Iniguez, claim the video vindicates their respective interpretations of events.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2024

Aristotle at once maintains the primacy of metaphysics and vindicates the independence of the special sciences.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

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

The Department of Homeland Security, which comprises ICE, said on X it was confident it would be "vindicated in this case."

From Barron's May 19, 2026

He was glad to have stuck it out in the fog and felt vindicated somehow.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

A second theme for this Court is vindicating liberties in the Bill of Rights.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 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

“He looks forward to vindicating himself in court, where such matters are decided — and not in the media — based on admissible, material evidence, not rank speculation and unsubstantiated allegations.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Thus vindicating those who bore influence in her formative years.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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