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vindicate

[vin-di-keyt] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt /


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

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

The worker just doesn’t get to vindicate their rights.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Over mint tea, Mr. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha speaks with the precision of a man who has watched history vindicate and betray his dynasty in equal measure.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

In his first Madrid spell, he pushed for Luka Modric, Sami Khedira and Mesut Ozil, and history would vindicate all three choices.

From BBC May 13, 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

A plain memorial brass on the walls of Rochester Cathedral vindicates the share which the ancient city and its neighbourhood will always have in his fame.

From Dickens English Men of Letters by Sir Adolphus William Ward

Seeing Austria’s umlauted signature grape poured for regulars in Eagles jerseys, I feel vindicated.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 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

Faculty complaints have amounted to nothing and the school is vindicated.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

It was as if I had waited all this time for this moment and for the first light of this dawn to be vindicated.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

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

Menisa Sesay said it showed the legal reforms for which they had fought so hard were finally being enforced, vindicating their mission to protect the rights of vulnerable women and girls.

From BBC Jun. 26, 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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