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vindicate

[vin-di-kayt] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt /


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Holmes and Evans welcomed the cameras, hoping they would help vindicate her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

If that version is ever unearthed, it may perhaps vindicate the director.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

They can go into federal court and sue and vindicate their rights that way immediately.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

Does Ms. Allen vindicate her claim that “Richmond was a defining figure of the revolutionary age?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

She expected me to vindicate her life for her, and the choices she’d made.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar added on X that the decision "vindicates Pakistan's consistent position that a binding international treaty cannot be unilaterally suspended or set aside".

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

Mr. Goschen vindicates the legitimacy of Government interference with the housing of the people, on the ground that it is the business of Government to see justice done between man and man.

From Contemporary Socialism by John Rae

Twelve years later that decision appears to be vindicated, with recent research highlighting the prevalence in men.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

No one is more vindicated than poor Mike, who has tried to persuade Pella of the school’s beauty from the start: “A place you give your heart to is never a way station.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The result also vindicated Van’s claim to the championship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Admirers cheered that the court had at last vindicated Andrew Johnson.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

Have to admit it, I feel a little vindicated in how I’ve lived my life because people can be the worst.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

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

And you know, there are fewer things in life more vindicating than a guy dumping you and then crawling right back.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Thus vindicating those who bore influence in her formative years.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote


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