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vindicate

[vin-di-keyt] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt /


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Sinn Féin MP Maskey said the coroner's findings vindicate families who have long maintained their loved ones were innocent and shot without justification.

From BBC May 1, 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

Criticized by Yankee pacifists for resorting to violence, Clay replied, “how then can you ask me to go unarmed and yet manfully vindicate those doctrines which every where have been denounced with death?”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 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

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

Ms Giuffre's brother, Mr Roberts, told BBC Newsnight: "We have shed a lot of happy and sad tears today. I think happy because in a lot of ways this vindicates Virginia."

From BBC Oct. 18, 2025

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

He who vindicates nature and reason, should show that being left to nature, philosophy, reputation, and the laws, there exists self-regulation and reliable rationality.*

From The Limits Of Atheism Or, Why should Sceptics be Outlaws? by Holyoake, George Jacob

“And Mr. Mayweather looks forward to being vindicated through the court proceedings.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago, the major US city that withdrew as a host of the World Cup, appears to feel vindicated by the decision.

From BBC Jun. 11, 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

By beating the Soviets to the moon, the U.S. vindicated its “norms and standards, our values as a society.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 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

Th suit claims they failed to take action despite Vidal’s testimony vindicating Saldana.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2025

Thus vindicating those who bore influence in her formative years.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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